Clara Perka, MA

Clara, a 2020 alum of the Women and Gender Studies Program, is the Administrative Specialist CL3 for WGS. She completed her M.A. in Leadership Studies in 2022, doing her thesis on the role of WGS programs in the development of feminist leadership practices and is now a doctoral student in the Leadership Studies Program. In Spring 2023, she took on the role of part-time faculty, teaching Feminist Yoga.

Clara continues to serve as the Chair of the Classified Staff Senate and Co-Chair of the IDEC Curriculum Committee for AY 24-25. She is also the President of the ACSUM USM Chapter and the Portland Campus representative.

Clara also serves on the Bias Response Team and is a certified trainer with the USM Chapter of NCBI, the National Coalition Building Institute.