Women Worldwide Transnational Feminist Perspectives - 2nd Edition About the Authors

ABOUT THE AUTHORS Afghan is a candidate in gender , women , and sexuality studies , with a concentration in social justice education , at Oregon State University . As a scholar , she completed her master degree in public administration at Ohio University . research focuses on education , Islamic feminism , and political activism . Anderson is a student at the University of Arizona whose research is focused on Asian ican and local identities in the i islands . Born and raised in , i , she uses much of her work to honor the ancestral lineage and stories of the Indigenous thought and practices within academia . Carrie Baker , is the Sylvia Professor in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College . Her scholarly research centers on the intersections of gender and race in law and policy , focusing in particular on sexual harassment , sex trafficking , and reproductive health , rights , and justice . She has published three books The Movement Sexual , which won the National Women Studies Association 2008 Sara Book Prize Fighting the US Youth Sex Trade Gender , Race and and Sexual Law History , Carer , and Practice , with Jennifer and . She is a regular writer and contributing editor at magazine . Tracy Butts , upon the completion of her in English ( University of Georgia , 2001 ) joined the at Chico State as a professor of American and African American literature . A native of Norfolk , Butts earned her bachelor and master degrees at Virginia Tech . Prior to her appointment as dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts , she served as the director of multicultural and gender ies , chief diversity officer , and chair of the Department of English . She is a believer that with privilege comes great responsibility , which is why service is a top professional priority for her . Butts is a recipient of the Endowed University Professorship , the Women Center Carol Burr Lifetime ment Award , the Black Grad Celebration Outstanding Faculty Award , and the 16 Outstanding Service Award . Patti Duncan is the editor of Feminist Formation and an associate professor of women , gender , and studies at Oregon State University , where she specializes in women of color and . She is author of Yell Silence American and the Politics of Speech ( University of Iowa Press ) coeditor of and Practice ( Demeter Press ) and coeditor of Live around the A Global Encyclopedia (

448 ABOUT THE AUTHORS is the Edith Green Distinguished Professor in the English Department at University in Oregon and the gender studies program . She is the author of graph The Postcolonial Citizen The Intellectual and is the lead editor of Civility , Free Speech and Academic Freedom in Higher Education Faculty on the Margins . Her scholarship and creative writing are widely published and circulated in various literary and scholarly journals . also serves as the editor for Inside Higher Ed Conditionally Accepted , a column for marginalized faculty in higher education . Fletcher is a Nigerian feminist and women and advocate . She is currently a behavioral specialist with the Department of Human Services in the state of Oregon . Her research cut across transnational feminist perspectives on interpersonal violence , gender equity , and social tice for women and especially in Africa . holds a BEd , MEd in counseling from the University of and University of , and an MA in women , gender , and sexuality ies from Oregon State University . has held several leadership positions and acts as a facilitator for incorporating and encouraging intellectual and social development in students , youth , and adults . She is a valued speaker , writer , and resourceful educator who has a proven ability to enhance individuals mance to shape a better world . Shannon studied leadership and spiritual formation at George Fox University , where she received her doctoral degree . She worked as a pastor , community organizer , and cared for individuals with stage cancer . She taught graduate school online , focusing on students who are immigrants or in Second and Third World countries . She is the author of the chapter on Southeast Asia in and Religion Global Live in . She is passionate about people ability to learn and grow . She lives in her native gon , where her children currently attend university . is a professor of women , gender , and sexuality studies at the University at Albany , State University of New York . She is the author of three books , When God Her Tongue and the Black Imagination , in the Dark and Beauty in Popular ture , and Body ax Evidence Race , Gender . She is also the editor of two collections , The Companion to Black Cultural Histories and Are All the Women Still White ?

Rethinking Race , Expanding . She has published extensively in academic , popular , and online platforms as a public scholar . Her research covers Black women histories and media representations , including such historic icons as Harriet Tubman and pop stars like . She regularly writes for . and contributes a column on Black Feminist in began to teach as an assistant professor in the Centre for Women Studies , College for Women , Tamil , India , in 2005 . With a doctorate in sociology , specializing in feminist research and teaching , she has coordinated many outreach programs and has organized funded workshops and conferences in women studies . has hosted and study

ABOUT THE AUTHORS 449 abroad programs to the United States and in India . She has received research awards from the University Grants Commission and National Commission for Women and has worked as a research associate in an Indian Council of Social research project . She has presented papers at national and international seminars and conferences , has published research articles in journals , and was editor for a women studies book required for introductory courses . is a student at Oregon State University ( in the Women , der , and Sexuality Studies Program , with a minor in queer studies . Their areas of research interest include feminist cultural studies , queer of color critiques , queer and sexual politics in the Indian subcontinent , and transnational feminist studies . As a graduate instructor , has taught the courses Women Worldwide , Women in World Cinema , Gender and Transnational , and Introduction to Queer Studies . Prior to their work at , they earned a master degree in journalism from the University of Maryland , College Park , and worked as a news reporter covering women and child rights , queer and trans rights , and the pandemic in southern India . They have also remotely served in grant writing and advocacy communications roles focused on legal aid projects in and educational projects in New Guinea . is an assistant professor in the Department of Women Studies , University , Tamil , India . She has guided doctoral scholars in women studies , and she has international conferences on gender issues . She the recipient of grant awards from ( Ministry of Women and Child Development , Government of India , Human Rights Commission . She has developed content on the in society under , edited books , and published articles in national and international journals . She has also served as an editor for the Science Review . Rebecca Lambert has a in women , gender , and sexuality studies from Oregon State University . Her research focuses on affective engagement in feminist . She is a visiting assistant professor in the Women and Gender Studies Department at University . Janet Lockhart has dual master degrees in pathology and studies ( and technical communication , archaeology , and women studies ) She is a pediatric pathologist working with special needs children , with an interest in multicultural issues and the development of bilingualism in young children . This is her seventh collaboration with Susan Shaw their publications include Making Connection , Community . and You Writing for . Power . and Power of Examining the Language of , Gender , and Sexual Orientation ( for Learning forjustice , formerly Teaching Tolerance ) Live around the A Global Encyclopedia , winner of the 2018 American Book Fest Award in Women Issues and and Religion Global Live in Form .

450 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Amanda is director of global education Oregon in London , the academic center of the of Oregon in the United Kingdom . She holds a BA and an MA from Cardiff University and a from University . Her academic are gender , class , and national identity in England and Wales . Amanda was previously the chair of the Association of American Study Abroad Programmes in the United Kingdom and currently serves on the Forum on Education Abroad Standards of Good tice Consensus Committee Susan Shaw is a professor of women , gender , and sexuality studies at Oregon State University . With Janet Lee , she is coauthor of , Feminist Classic and Contemporary Readings . She is author of Reflective A Toolbox for Women and God Speaks to Us , Too Southern Baptist on , Home , and Society , and is coauthor of Intersectional Theology An Introductory Guide ( with Grace Kim ) and Girls Fifty Years of Making Music ( with Mina Carson and Lewis ) She is the general editor of Lives around the World A Global Encyclopedia and and Religion Global Lives in Focus . She is a senior columnist for Baptist News Global and a lar contributor to magazine online . She has published in Inside Education , Conversation , the Berkeley Forum , Good Media , and Diverse Issues in Education . She is also founding ofthe . Paula Sheridan , is a social work educator and is active in organizations that mote voter accessibility . She is a licensed clinical social worker and has been with undergraduate social work programs in Denmark , Finland , and the United States . In fall 2021 , she was an instructor in the Doctor of Social Work Program at Loma Linda University . is a New York journalist . She is a Stabile Investigative Fellow and candidate at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism . holds a BA from Smith College , where she received highest honors for her senior thesis and was awarded the Van Dyne Prize for exceptional research in queer studies and the Valeria Dean Burgess Stevens Prize for excellent work in gender studies . work can be found in magazine , Prism , Well , Labor New York , Women Media Center , Daily Gazette , and News . is an associate professor of women , gender , and sexuality studies at Oregon State , where she focuses on health inequities among immigrant and refugee women and communities . As a , bilingual scholar , she is committed to addressing issues of health within a transnational context . Coastal ) is an assistant professor for the School of Language , Culture , and Society at Oregon State University ( and serves as the center director of the Mana Ina on campus . She received her in women , gender , and sexuality studies with a graduate minor in queer

ABOUT THE AUTHORS 451 studies from . is also a mother , poet , and activist who is passionate about disrupting of oppression and creating positive change in society .

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