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Book argues that faculty members of color going up for tenure are judged by different standard than white peers
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Avoid gender bias when writing letters of recommendation.
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Encarnacion Gutierrez Rodriguez: This paper discusses the positioning of Women and Gender Studies (WGS…
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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.