Women's and Gender Studies Program

Donna Brazile, an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Women's Studies Program, is Chair of the Democratic National Committee’s Voting Rights Institute. Brazile, a veteran campaign strategist and former Campaign Manager for Gore-Lieberman 2000, has served as Chief of Staff and Press Secretary for Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, and worked on the campaigns of Carter-Mondale and the Rev. Jesse Jackson among others. In addition to her teaching duties at Georgetown University as a lecturer, Brazile spends a great deal of time speaking on college campuses around the United States and is a regular guest on national television news magazines. She earned her undergraduate degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.