Recent Books That May Be of Interest to Women Scholars

books2Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. The books included are on a wide variety of subjects and present many different points of view. The opinions expressed in these books do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of WIAReport.

Here are the latest selections. Click on any of the titles for more information or to purchase through Amazon.com.


Feminist Narrative Ethics:
Tacit Persuasion in Modernist Form

by Katherine Saunders Nash
(Ohio State University Press)

Gender, Violence, and Human Security:
Critical Feminist Perspectives

edited by Aili Mari Tripp et al.
(New York University Press)

Railroad Radicals in Cold War Mexico:
Gender, Class, and Memory

by Robert F. Alegre
(University of Nebraska Press)

Schoolgirls, Money and Rebellion in Japan
by Sharon Kinsella
(Routledge)

Shrill Hurrahs:
Women, Gender, and Racial Violence in South Carolina, 1865-1900

by Kate Cote Gillin
(University of South Carolina Press)

Spectacular Girls:
Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture

by Sarah Projansky
(New York University Press)


The Burden of Female Talent:
The Poet Li Qingzhao and Her History in China

by Ronald C. Egan
(Harvard University Asia Center)


The Politics of Women’s Health Care in the United States
by Marian Lief Palley and Howard A. Palley
(Palgrave Pivot)

Tragic Spirits:
Shamanism, Memory, and Gender in Contemporary Mongolia

by Maduhai Buyandelger
(University of Chicago Press)

Women’s Magazines in the Digital Age
by Brooke Erin Duffy
(University of Illinois Press)

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Related Articles

Latest News

Leamor Kahanov Appointed President of Notre Dame de Namur University

Dr. Kahanov became the twentieth president of Notre Dame de Namur University in California on July 1. She previously served as provost at Alvernia University in Pennsylvania, Stockton University in New Jersey, and SUNY Oneonta.

Jennie Sanders to Lead Academic Affairs at Purdue Global

Most recently, Dr. Sanders served as vice president of experiential product management and interim vice president of product and technology at Western Governors University.

Michelle Allmendinger Is the New President of Delta College in Michigan

Dr. Allmendinger began her tenure as the sixth president of Delta College in Michigan on June 29. Prior to her new role, she spent three years as vice president of student affairs at Southeastern Community College in Iowa.

Tatia Daniels Granger Named President of Averett University in Virginia

Most recently, Dr. Granger was a clinical associate professor of organizational behavior at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

A Pair of Women Selected to Lead Community Colleges in New England

Susan Rogers was named president of Central Maine College, effective August 10. Hara D. Charlier is the new president of Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Political Science

Haverford College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Political Science, with primary specializations in Comparative Politics and Latin America.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Statistics

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Haverford College invites applicants for a tenure-track position in applied statistics to begin in the fall of 2027.

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor for Ophthalmology (Research)

The Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University seeks a highly qualified candidate to join the Department as Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in the University Tenure or Non-Tenure Line.

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor for Ophthalmology (Clinicians or Clinician-Scientists)

The Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University is seeking to fill positions several academic board-certified or board-eligible ophthalmologists or optometrists in the general clinical areas of ophthalmology as well as in a variety of sub-specialty areas.

Associate or Full Professor, Cancer Biology

The Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, in the College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis, invites applications for tenured Professor at the Associate or Full Professor level in Cancer Biology.