Friends and Associates of Nancy Ashton

The Nancy Ashton Scholarship is an endowment established by Stockton University faculty and staff in her memory. Nancy died in January 2013 at the age of 62. She was a vital part of the Women’s Studies program since her arrival at Stockton in 1977, in which she introduced the community action project for Perspectives on Women and created at least three Women’s Studies courses in the School of General Studies. Furthermore, Ashton was an early proponent of transforming the curriculum to integrate gender, race and class, and won two humanities grants from the State of New Jersey to support faculty development workshops on these themes. The award benefits undergraduate students with a major or minor in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Recipients must be enrolled full-time and be in good academic standing to qualify for this award.