TRUDY BAYER

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Trudy Bayer is an educator, writer and political activist.  She holds graduate degrees in philosophy from the University of Louvain, Belgium and a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Pittsburgh. Her research has been published in various academic journals and her personal essays have appeared in a range of publications, including Newsweek, Ms. Magazine and the Friends Journal. In 2001 Trudy was appointed the founding director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Oral Communication Lab. She is a native of Southwestern Pennsylvania and currently resides in Pittsburgh — “The Paris of Appalachia.”

Selected
Publications

Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Could Help Save the Democratic Process

Fulcrum

‍Mom Felt the Impulse to Kill Me. Decades Later, I Discovered Why

newsweek

Reproductive Rights Requires a Yes or No Answer

Ms. Magazine

A Philosopher Queen

University of Pittsburgh: Pitt Magazine

Wikipedia

Abortion and the economy are not separate issues

The Fulcrum

Rethinking William Penn, Friends Journal

Friends Journal

Friends Place on Capitol Hill (formerly the William Penn House)

Calling Out the DEI Boogeyman

dailykos

Concerned about the economy? Then vote for candidates who support reproductive rights.

Common Dreams

U.S.’s “Liberation” of Afghan Women a Myth: An Interview with Fahima Gaheez

Pittsburgh City Paper‍

Lucretia Mott: Religious Reformer and Advocate of the Oppressed

Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793-1880) religious reformer and advocate of the oppressed

Women public speakers in the United States, 1800 to 1925

Acquiring Expertise in Discipline-Specific Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Exercise in Learning to Speak Biology

Across the Disciplines

Writing & Speaking to Learn Biology: An Intersection of Critical Thinking and Communication Skills.

Bioscene

Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Could Help Save the Democratic Process
Fulcrum

‍Mom Felt the Impulse to Kill Me. Decades Later, I Discovered Why
newsweek

Reproductive Rights Requires a Yes or No Answer
Ms. Magazine

A Philosopher Queen
University of Pittsburgh: Pitt Magazine
Wikipedia

Abortion and the economy are not separate issues
The Fulcrum

Rethinking William Penn, Friends Journal
Friends Journal
Friends Place on Capitol Hill (formerly the William Penn House)

Calling Out the DEI Boogeyman
dailykos

Concerned about the economy? Then vote for candidates who support reproductive rights.
Common Dreams

U.S.’s “Liberation” of Afghan Women a Myth: An Interview with Fahima Gaheez
Pittsburgh City Paper‍

Lucretia Mott: Religious Reformer and Advocate of the Oppressed
Women public speakers in the United States
‍
Acquiring Expertise in Discipline-Specific Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Exercise in Learning to Speak Biology
Across the Disciplines

Writing & Speaking to Learn Biology: An Intersection of Critical Thinking and Communication Skills.
Bioscene
newsweek

Reproductive Rights Requires a Yes or No Answer
Ms. Magazine

A Philosopher Queen
University of Pittsburgh: Pitt Magazine
Wikipedia

Abortion and the economy are not separate issues
The Fulcrum

Rethinking William Penn, Friends Journal
Friends Journal
Friends Place on Capitol Hill (formerly the William Penn House)

Calling Out the DEI Boogeyman
dailykos

Concerned about the economy? Then vote for candidates who support reproductive rights.
Common Dreams

U.S.’s “Liberation” of Afghan Women a Myth: An Interview with Fahima Gaheez
Pittsburgh City Paper‍

Lucretia Mott: Religious Reformer and Advocate of the Oppressed
Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793-1880) religious reformer and advocate of the oppressed
Women public speakers in the United States, 1800 to 1925

Acquiring Expertise in Discipline-Specific Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Exercise in Learning to Speak Biology
Across the Disciplines

Writing & Speaking to Learn Biology: An Intersection of Critical Thinking and Communication Skills.
Bioscene

TRUDY BAYER

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