Higher Education

Books

• Allan, E. J., Iverson, S., & Ropers-Huilman, R. (Eds.). (2010). Reconstructing policy in higher education: Feminist poststructural perspectives. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Reconstructing-Policy-in-Higher-Education-Feminist-Poststructural-Perspectives/Allan-Iverson-Ropers-Huilman/p/book/9780415997775
• Baker, C. N., & Dove-Viebahn, A. (Eds.). (2022). Public feminisms: From academy to community. Lever Press. https://www.fulcrum.org/concern/monographs/h128nh254
• Berger, M. T., & Radeloff, C. (2011). Transforming scholarship: Why women’s and gender studies students are changing themselves and the world. Taylor & Francis Group. https://www.routledge.com/Transforming-Scholarship-Why-Womens-and-Gender-Studies-Students-Are-Changing/Berger-Radeloff/p/book/9781138299467
• Carminati, G., & Rellihan, H. (Eds.). (2019). Theory and praxis: Women’s and gender studies at community colleges. Gival Press. https://www.givalpress.com/books-2/theory-and-praxis
• Dean, A., Johnson, J. L., & Luhmann, S. (Eds.). (2018). Feminist praxis revisited: Critical reflections on university-community engagement. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. https://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/F/Feminist-Praxis-Revisited
• Dugger, K. (Eds.). (2008). Handbook on service learning in women’s studies and the disciplines. Institute for Teaching and Research on Women. https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/facultybooks/337/
• Evan-Winters, V. E., & Love, B. L. (Eds.) (2015). Black feminism in education: Black women speak back, up, and out. Peter Lang. https://www.peterlang.com/document/1118277
• Griffin, G. (Ed.). (2005). Doing women’s studies: Employment opportunities, personal impacts and social consequences. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/doing-womens-studies-9781842775011/
• Ginsberg, A. E. (Ed). (2008). The evolution of American women’s studies: Reflections on triumphs, controversies, and change. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9780230616677
• Iverson, S. D., & James, J. H. (Eds.). (2014). Feminist community engagement: Achieving praxis. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137441102
• Messer-Davidow, E. (2002). Disciplining feminism: From social activism to academic discourse. Duke University Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/disciplining-feminism/
• Morris, B. J. (2009). Revenge of the women’s studies professor. Indiana University Press. https://iupress.org/9780253220622/revenge-of-the-womens-studies-professor/
• Naples, N. A., & Bojar, K. (Eds.). (2002). Teaching feminist activism: Strategies from the field. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Teaching-Feminist-Activism-Strategies-from-the-Field/Naples-Bojar/p/book/9780415931878
• Orr, C., & Braithwaite, A. (Eds.) (2012). Rethinking women’s and gender studies. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Womens-and-Gender-Studies/Orr-Braithwaite/p/book/9780415808316
• Stahly, G. B. (Ed.). (2007). Gender identity, equity, and violence: Multidisciplinary perspectives through service learning. Stylus Publishing. https://www.routledge.com/Gender-Identity-Equity-and-Violence-Multidisciplinary-Perspectives-Through/Stahly/p/book/9781579222185
• Thwaites, R., & Pressland, A. (Eds.). (2016). Being an early career feminist academic. Palgrave Macmillan London. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/978-1-137-54325-7?page=1#toc

Chapters

• Badri, B., & Izzeldeen, M. (2022). The pioneering women’s and gender studies intellectuals in the Sudan: Ahfad University for Women. In G. Kadoda & S. Hale (Eds.), Sudanese intellectuals in the global milieu (pp. 153-170). Lexington Books. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sudanese_Intellectuals_in_the_Global_Mil/IEpmEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
• Cisneros, N., Hidalgo, L., Vega, C., & Martínez-Vu, Y. (2019). Mothers of color in academia: Fierce mothering challenging spatial exclusion through a Chicana feminist praxis. In C. Caballero, Y. Martínez-Vu, J. Pérez-Torres, M. Téllez, & C. Vega (Eds.), The Chicana motherwork anthology (pp. 288-308). University of Arizona Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/208/edited_volume/chapter/2272758
• Dolgon, C. (2017). Women’s studies and community-based pedagogy and scholarship: An interview with Catherine Orr. In C. Dolgon, T. D. Mitchell, & T. K. Eatman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of service learning and community engagement (pp. 283-293). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316650011.027
• Ferguson, R. A. (2017). Neoliberalism and the demeaning of student movements. In We demand: The university and student protests (pp. 68-80). University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520293007/we-demand
• Fernandes, L. (2013). Institutional practice and the field of women’s studies. In Transnational Feminism in the United States (pp. 136-167). New York University Press. https://nyupress.org/9780814770337/transnational-feminism-in-the-united-states/
• Myrtenbaum, D., & Falah, N. (2019). An activist, feminist group co-facilitation model and its influence on field. In D. Y. Markovich, D. Golan, & N. Shalhoub-Kevorkian (Eds.), Understanding campus-community partnerships in conflict zones (pp. 223-240). Springer International Publishing. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Understanding_Campus_Community_Partnersh/7wiZDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
• Nickels, A., & Trier-Bieniek, A. (2017). Social change through campus engagement: Perspectives on feminist activist pedagogy in university-based women’s centers. In J. Martin, A. E. Nickels, & M. Sharp-Grier (Eds.), Feminist pedagogy, practice, and activism: Improving lives for girls and women (pp. 211-228). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Feminist-Pedagogy-Practice-and-Activism-Improving-Lives-for-Girls-and/Martin-Nickels-Sharp-Grier/p/book/9780367196219
• Rubin, D. (2005). Women’s studies, neoliberalism, and the paradox of the ‘political’. In E. L. Kennedy & A. Beins (Eds.), Women’s studies for the future: Foundations, interrogations, politics (pp. 245-261). Rutgers University Press. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Women_s_Studies_for_the_Future/o9KCVDNnwh0C?hl=en

Peer-Reviewed

• Anand, A. (2022). Women’s studies degrees as ‘political’: Some reflections from the Indian context. Asian Journal of Women’s Studies, 28(2), 228-248. https://doi.org/10.1080/12259276.2022.2056371
• Dennie, N. D. (2021). The state and future of Black women’s studies: The Black Women’s Studies Association and the National Women’s Studies Association in conversation. Feminist Studies, 47(1), 230-237. https://doi.org/10.1353/fem.2021.0007
• Keller, J., Nelson, S., & Wick, R. (2003). Care ethics, service-learning, and social change. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 10(1), 39-50. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.3239521.0010.104
• Kim, M. (2020). The politics of the abolition of women’s student councils and the depoliticized campus in Korea. Journal of Asian Sociology, 49(4,) 449–476. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26979895
• Mehrotra, G. R. (2022). How we do the work is the work: Building an intersectional queer praxis for critical feminist scholarship. Affilia, 38(4), 555-569. https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099221137561
• Orr, C. M. (2011, September). Women’s studies as civic engagement: Research and recommendations. Paper prepared on behalf of The Teagle Working Group on Women’s Studies and Civic Engagement and the National Women’s Studies Association. https://www.teaglefoundation.org/Teagle/media/GlobalMediaLibrary/documents/resources/Womens_Studies_as_Civic_Engagement.pdf?ext=.pdf1137561
• Sahlin, C. L. (2005). Vital to the mission and key to survival: Women’s studies at women’s colleges. NWSA Journal, 17(2), 164-170. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/184751
• Simon-Kumar, R. (2019). Keynote: Women’s studies in 2019 in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Women’s Studies Journal, 33(1/2), 5-7. https://wsanz.org.nz/journal/docs/WSJNZ331-2Simon-Kumar5-7.pdf
• Sreerekha, M. S. (2016). Whatever happened to women’s studies. Economic and Political Weekly, 51(15), 64-68. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44002690
• Tudor, A. (2021). Decolonizing trans/gender studies?: Teaching gender, race, and sexuality in times of the rise of the global right. TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, 8(2), 238-256. https://doi.org/10.1215/23289252-8890523

Popular Press

• Baker, C. N., & Rodrigues-Sherley, M. (2021, August 11). Critical race theory bans Target feminist professors: “This is censorship.” Ms. Magazine. www.msmagazine.com/2021/08/11/critical-race-theory-feminist-teachers-women-gender-studies/
• D’Arcangelis, G. (2023, September 13). Banned! Voices from the classroom: Reflections from a small liberal arts college in New York. Ms. Magazine. msmagazine.com/2023/09/13/liberal-new-york-college-skidmore-queer-trans-women-black-gender-studies-history/
• DiConsiglio, J. (2021, August 19). For Ashwini Tambe, a wider world of women’s studies. GW Today [Washington, D.C.]. gwtoday.gwu.edu/ashwini-tambe-wider-world-womens-studies
• Dove-Viebahn, A. (2023, June 16). BANNED: Gender, race and sexuality studies. Ms. Magazine. www.msmagazine.com/2023/06/16/florida-book-ban-gender-sexuality-race-black-women-history/
• El-Tohamy, A. (2022, May 7). Political attacks on women’s studies at Kuwait University increase scholars’ resolve. Al-Fanar Media. www.al-fanarmedia.org/2022/05/political-attacks-on-womens-studies-at-kuwait-university/
• Ernandez, L. (2023, November 9). Feminist Biology Initiative introduces gender-fair research to biology. The Badger Herald. www.badgerherald.com/news/2023/11/09/feminist-biology-initiative-introduces-gender-fair-research-to-biology/
• Factora, J. (2023, August 14). DeSantis-appointed board abolishes the New College of Florida’s gender studies major. them. www.them.us/story/new-college-of-florida-abolishes-gender-studies-major
• Field, K. (2023, December 20). Largest source of private funding for women in STEM is under attack. The Chronicle of Higher Education. www.chronicle.com/article/largest-source-of-private-funding-for-women-in-stem-is-under-attack
• Gardner, S. (2023, June 16). What women have gained from affirmative action. Politico. www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2023/06/16/what-women-have-gained-from-affirmative-action-00102397
• Gretzinger, E. (2023, December 14). After months of political pressure and a failed vote, Wisconsin’s regents approve deal on DEI. The Chronicle of Higher Education. www.chronicle.com/article/after-months-of-political-pressure-and-a-failed-vote-wisconsins-regents-approve-deal-on-dei
• Hamilton, B. (2021, November 29). Despite many changes, gender and women’s studies program continues to flourish. Western Kentucky University News. www.wku.edu/news/articles/index.php?view=article&articleid=10093
• Kostrzewa, S. (2023, August 8). Women, gender, and sexuality studies provides a place for ‘dangerous’ ideas. Bryant University Press. news.bryant.edu/women-gender-and-sexuality-studies-provides-place-dangerous-ideas
• Lonas, L. (2023, August 17). Gender studies on ‘high alert’ amid conservative attacks. The Hill. www.thehill.com/homenews/education/4155606-gender-studies-on-high-alert-amid-conservative-attacks/
• Malamut, M. (2022, June 14). Abortion and college admissions: Roe v. Wade decision makes students reconsider school choices. Teen Vogue. www.teenvogue.com/story/abortion-college-admissions-roe
• McFarland, C. (2023, February 4). Wyoming legislators try and fail – again – to defund UW Gender Studies Program. Cowboy State Daily. www.cowboystatedaily.com/2023/02/04/wyoming-legislators-try-and-fail-again-to-defund-uw-gender-studies-program/
• Ryan, A. (2018, July 19). TWU student uses feminist scholarship, activism to create global change. Texas Woman’s University. twu.edu/news/2018/twu-student-uses-feminist-scholarship-activism-to-create-global-change/
• Sanchez, O. (2023, June 16). Renowned HBCU creates a ‘safe haven’ for Black feminist and queer studies. The Hechinger Report. www.hechingerreport.org/renowned-hbcu-creates-a-safe-haven-for-black-feminist-and-queer-studies/
• Weissman, S. (2021, March 4). Women studies scholars worry their programs are at risk for being cut amid tightening budgets. Diverse Issues in Higher Education. www.diverseeducation.com/demographics/women/article/15108728/women-studies-scholars-worry-their-programs-are-at-risk-for-being-cut-amid-tightening-budgets
• Yalley, A. A. (2021, March 22). How feminist research and teaching gained a foothold in the Nigerian academy. The Conversation. theconversation.com/how-feminist-research-and-teaching-gained-a-foothold-in-the-nigerian-academy-156598

Historical Perspectives

• Books
  • Belanger, K. (2016). Invisible seasons: Title IX and the fight for equity in college sports. Syracuse University Press. https://press.syr.edu/supressbooks/318/invisible-seasons/
  • Corbett, K. L., & Preston, K. (1998). From the catbird seat: A history of women’s studies at Humboldt State University, 1971-1996. Humboldt State University.
  • Howe, F. (Ed.). (2000). The politics of women’s studies: Testimony from thirty founding mothers. Feminist Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/90/edited_volume/book/52360
  • James, S. M., Foster, F. S., & Guy-Sheftall, B. (Eds.). (2009). Still brave: The evolution of Black women’s studies. Feminist Press. https://www.feministpress.org/books-n-z/still-brave
  • O’Barr, J. F. (1994). Feminism in action: Building institutions and community through women’s studies. University of North Carolina Press. https://bookshop.org/p/books/feminism-in-action-building-institutions-and-community-through-women-s-studies-jean-fox-o-barr/10053405?ean=9780807844397
  • Shayne, J. (2020). Persistence is resistance: Celebrating 50 years of gender, women & sexuality studies. University of Washington Libraries. https://uw.pressbooks.pub/happy50thws/
• Chapters
  • Deegan, M. J. (2017). Jane Addams, feminist pragmatism, and service learning. In C. Dolgon, T. D. Mitchell, & T. K. Eatman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of service learning and community engagement (pp. 51-63). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316650011.006
  • Fesnak, M. (2022). Anger, melancholia, and hope: The feminist politics of emotion and the Centre for Women and Trans People at Wilfrid Laurier University. In L. Campbell, M. Dawson, & C. Gidney (Eds.), Feeling feminism: Activism, affect, and Canada’s second wave (pp. 276-300). UBC Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/F/bo156867062.html
• Articles
  • Beins, A. (2022). Field materialities: Building women’s and gender studies one page at a time. WSQ: Women’s Studies Quarterly, 50(3-4), 47-63. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/867019
  • Boxer, M. J. (2022). Women’s studies as women’s history. Women’s Studies Quarterly, 30(3-4), 42-51. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40003241?seq=4
  • Walzer, J. B. (1982). New knowledge or a new discipline?: Women’s studies at the university. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 14(3), 21-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/00091383.1982.10569861

Please also see Bibliography 105d, “Resistance Across the Globe: Women’s and Gender Studies“