Interview with Mala Matacin
Date29 October 2025
Mediumborn digital audio file
DimensionsDuration: 46 Minutes, 35 Seconds
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineCommunity History Project Collection
DescriptionAudio file of interview with Mala Matacin. She was interviewed by Satwik Padhi on October 29, 2025 in Hartford, Connecticut.
Mala Matacin was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in her life.
Mala is a psychology professor at the University of Hartford. She is from California and discusses growing up in a small farm town. She moved to Ohio for graduate school at the University of Cincinnati, and then moved to Rhode Island to do a post-doc at Brown University School of Medicine. Mala then came to the University of Hartford after her post-doc.
When transitioning from California to Ohio, she experienced culture shock, particularly regarding politics. She describes her academic experiences and how they have shaped her. Mala talks about experiencing sexism as an undergraduate student and graduate student versus her experience at Brown University where there are more female professionals.
Mala Matacin was interviewed as part of the Connecticut Museum of Culture and History's Community History Project discussing moments of change in her life.
Mala is a psychology professor at the University of Hartford. She is from California and discusses growing up in a small farm town. She moved to Ohio for graduate school at the University of Cincinnati, and then moved to Rhode Island to do a post-doc at Brown University School of Medicine. Mala then came to the University of Hartford after her post-doc.
When transitioning from California to Ohio, she experienced culture shock, particularly regarding politics. She describes her academic experiences and how they have shaped her. Mala talks about experiencing sexism as an undergraduate student and graduate student versus her experience at Brown University where there are more female professionals.
Object number2024.79.9
NotesSubject Note: The Connecticut Museum of Culture and History’s Community History Project (CHP) is a public-facing initiative, focused on contemporary collecting, gathering items of the recent past as well as from events happening today. This program developed community historians to identify, document, and preserve their experiences as residents of Connecticut, and to share these experiences during a series of community presentations. The project focused on the theme "Redefining Moments of Change." Conneticans share stories of people or events who have changed their lives or how they have sparked change in the lives of others.Cataloging Note: Digitization and access to this collection is supported by a Congressionally Directed grant through the U.S. Department of Education.
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