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.


African Women in Law:
A Comparative Perspective

by J. Jarpa Dawuni
(Oxford University Press)

The AI Gap:
Women, AI, and the Next Great Leap Forward

by Erica Rooney
(WorldChangers Media)

The Colonial First Ladies:
The Missus Washington, Adams, and Madison

by Feather Schwartz Foster
(Pen and Sword History)
 
 
 


Doing Feminist Research With Texts

edited by Orla Meadhbh and Marla Tamboukou
(Routledge)

 
 
 
 
 
 

Pioneering Women of Solid-State Physics:
Breaking Boundaries

by Jill S. Tietjen and Mehmet C. Ozturk
(Springer)
 
 
 

Red Woman:
My Southern Ute Journey From Poverty to Wall Street

by Pearl E. Casias
(University of Nebraska Press)

Sex, Gender Identity and Sport

by Cathy Devine
(Routledge)

Suffragettes in the Land of the Tsars

by Lee Farrow
(Central European University Press)
 
 
 

Violence Against Women in Eastern Europe:
History, Law and Legacy

edited by Marianna Muravyeva et al.
(Palgrave Macmillan)

We All Do the Time:
Who Cares for Incarcerated Women and Why It Matters

by Holly Foster-Talbot
(New York University Press)
 
 
 

Women Leaders in Higher Education:
An Integrative Leadership Development Model

by Elizabeth Fisher Turesky and Carol J. Nemeroff
(Palgrave Macmillan)

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