“Women of color earn only 67 cents on the dollar compared with white men in the higher-education work…
"Women of color earn only 67 cents on the dollar compared with white men in the higher-education work force.""Women of color are underrepresented in academe, compared with their representation in the U.S. population at large — especially in more...
“And the major with the fewest underemployed graduates, according to the report, was “Foreign Languages…
"And the major with the fewest underemployed graduates, according to the report, was “Foreign Languages, Literature, and Linguistics.”In other words, for every cliché of a barista or bartender with a liberal arts degree, there were ten with a degree in...
How Academics Survive the Writing Grind: Some Anecdotal Advice
How Academics Survive the Writing Grind: Some Anecdotal AdviceA PhD student approached me after a writing workshop to recount his tale of woe. “I write these messy, incoherent first drafts,” he lamented. “They’re absolutely awful! Then I have to work on them …This was...“In the process, I’ve learned that, while everyone has a unique career path, Ph.D.s who find success…
"In the process, I’ve learned that, while everyone has a unique career path, Ph.D.s who find success outside of academe share several common traits: They take the initiative and are open to saying yes (and I’m not just referring to luck). They are willing to...Book
Violence and Gender in the "New" Europe: Islam in German Culture
"Weber's study undertakes a much-needed comprehensive investigation of the contemporary 'regime of gender violence,' that is, the key role violence has played in defining the position of Muslims in the German public sphere (in the larger European context). Through nuanced theorizing as well as careful historical contextualization, Weber develops an intersectional framework for analyzing gendered violence in a way that does not reinforce racialized discourses of cultural and/or religious difference." [more...]
Palgrave Macmillan, January 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-00708-7, ISBN10: 1-137-00708-7
252 pages.