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.


Acceptance:
A Memoir

by Emi Nietfeld
(Penguin Press)

A Community of Practice Approach to Improving Gender Equality in Research
edited by Rachel Palmen and Jorg Muller
(Routledge)

In Plain View:
Amish Women at a Glance

by Judy Stavisky
(Herald Press)

Leadership at the Intersection of Gender and Race in Healthcare and Science
edited by Danielle Laraque-Arena et al.
(Routledge)

Researching Gender-Based Violence:
Embodied and Intersectional Approaches

edited by April D.J. Petillo and Heather R. Hlavka
(New York University Press)

Resist, Organize, Build:
Feminist and Queer Activism in Britain and the United States During the Long 1980s

edited by Sarah Crook and Charlie Jeffries
(State University of New York Press)

Three Centuries of Travel Writing
by Muslim Women

edited by Siobhan Lambert-Hurley et al.
(Indiana University Press)

Virginia Woolf’s Apprenticeship:
Becoming an Essayist

by Bethy Rogel Daugherty
(Edinburgh University Press)

Women & Art:
A Post-Feminist View

by Alexander Adams
(Academica Press)

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