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Interview Date
7-29-2025
Interviewer
Amelia Clark; Melinda Marchand
Description
Oral history interview with Donni Rodman. Donni Rodman narrates her time at Clark University and the impact it had on her life. She focuses on her experience in the women’s athletics program and the enduring bonds she created with her peers. She describes the unequal treatment between men’s and women’s intercollegiate athletics, recounting the limited facilities, funding disparities, and student-led efforts that characterized women’s sports before Title IX. Rodman also reflects on campus political activism during the late 1960s, including anti-war protests, conversations about women’s rights, and the national upheavals that shaped student life. Throughout the interview, she emphasizes the importance of friendship and opportunity, discussing how her experiences at Clark fostered confidence, leadership, and a lifelong commitment to the university community through alumni service.
Note on Transcription Methodology: Interviews were transcribed verbatim to preserve authenticity. Minor editorial interventions were limited to the removal of excessive verbal fillers (e.g., "um," "ah," and repetitive uses of "like") that do not alter meaning or context. No substantive changes were made to interview content, grammar, or narrative structure.
The transcript for this oral history is available as a supplemental file for this work.
Type
audio; text
Genre
oral history; interview transcript
Format
mp3; pdf
Language
English
Location
Worcester, MA
Duration
00:49:08
Keywords
Worcester, Clark University, oral histories, women, women's history
Recommended Citation
Rodman, Donni; Marchand, Melinda; and Clark, Amelia, "Oral History with Donni Rodman" (2025). Donni Rodman. 1.
https://commons.clarku.edu/donnirodman/1
