Feminism and Social Justice
Nancy A. Naples
Friday, 30 Mar 2007 at 12:00 pm – Gallery, Memorial Union
Nancy A. Naples is a professor of sociology and women's studies at the University of Connecticut, where she teaches courses on the sociology of gender; gender, politics, and the state; women's activism and globalization; and feminist theory. She is also the current president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Her research has included studies of the historical construction and implementation of welfare, immigration, rural economic development, and community-control policies. She has also examined how members of low-income and working-class urban and rural communities respond to externally imposed policies and state-sponsored programs. Nancy Naples is currently working on a book that investigates the link between global economic change, social policy, and community-based social restructuring in the rural United States as well as conducting research on sexual citizenship in a comparative perspective.Cosponsored By:
- Women's Studies Program
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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