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Department of Gender and Women's Studies
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  • GWS Professor and Chair, Jane Collins' recent book, Both Hands Tied (co-authored with Victoria Mayer, University of Chicago Press, 2010) won TWO distinguished awards from the American Sociological Association -- best book from the Labor and Labor Movements Section of the ASA and best book from the Poverty, Mobility and Inequality section. Congratulations Jane!
  • Myra Ferree (GWS Joint Governance Faculty) and Hae Yeon Choo (former GWS 102 TA, now an Assistant Professor at University of Toronto) co-authored article: "Practicing Intersectionality in Sociological Research: A Critical Analysis of Inclusions, Interactions, and Institutions in the Study of Inequalities" Sociological Theory 28 (2): 129-149  won the Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award of the Race, Gender and Class section of the American Sociological Association. Congratulations!

 

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