Job: Transnational American Studies, University of Maryland

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Assistant Professor, Transnational American Studies Institution: University of Maryland Location: College Park, MD Category: Faculty – Liberal Arts – American Studies Posted: 09/29/2011 Application Due: 11/15/2011 Type: Full Time Notes: marked as a Priority and included on Affirmative Action email The Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position focused on … Read more

Job: International and Women’s and Gender Studies at University of Oregon

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University of Oregon. The Departments of International Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies invite applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor to begin September 2012 in the field of global health and development. We seek a scholar who will hold a Ph.D. by the time of appointment and whose expertise addresses one or more of … Read more

Job Opening: Executive Director, Wellesley Centers for Women

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Wellesley College – Executive Director, Wellesley Centers for Women Filed in Administrative, Jobs on September 28, 2011 Search for the Executive Director Wellesley Centers for Women Wellesley, MA The Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW), an influential research-and-action institute with the goal of generating knowledge that can lead to positive social change, seeks an Executive Director. … Read more

Mujeres Talk: Petition to Governor to Sign CA Dream Act

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From:      Educators for Immigrant Rights Subject:  Petition to Governor to Sign CA Dream Act October 2, 2011 Dear Colleague: We are writing you to ask you to join this petition to urge Governor Brown to sign AB 131, The California Dream Act Part II. AB 131 would make undocumented/AB 540 students eligible for … Read more

REVIEW: Chicana Power! Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement

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Maylei Blackwell, ¡Chicana Power!: Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement Austin: University of Texas Press, 2011. Reviewed by Miroslava Chávez-García Until now, no one has published a history of the struggle of Chicanas in the Chicano movement—the mass political mobilization of Mexican American peoples in the Southwest US in the late 1960s and … Read more

Mujeres Talk: One Latina Life: Feminism, Rage, Punk Rock

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“I’m not a writer,” I whined. “You’ve been writing a blog for years,” my husband said. “But I’m not a REAL writer. I can’t describe people and places in flowery detail.” My husband gave me a pained look. That settles that, I thought to myself as I walked over to my latest craft project ready to … Read more