Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars

Women 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. As an Amazon Associate, WIAReport will earn a fraction of revenue from qualifying purchases.

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


Elusive Justice:
Women, Land Rights, and Colombia’s Transition to Peace

by Donny Meertens
(University of Wisconsin Press)

Gender, Embodiment and Fluidity in Organization and Management
edited by Robert McMurray and Alison Pullen
(Routledge)

Pioneering British Women Chemists:
Their Lives and Contributions

by Geoffrey Rayner-Canham
(World Scientific Publishing)

Placental Politics:
CHamoru Women, White Womanhood, and Indigeneity Under U.S. Colonialism in Guam

by Christine Taitano DeLisle
(University of North Carolina Press)

The Injustices of Rape:
How Activists Responded to Sexual Violence, 1950–1980

by Catherine O. Jacquet
(University of North Carolina Press)

The Rise of Women in Higher Education:
How, Why, and What’s Next

by Gary A. Berg
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)

Women, Family and the Chinese Socialist State, 1950-2010
by Xiaofei Kang
(Brill Academic Publishing)

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