Aziza Ahmed, a law professor at Northeastern and member of the WGSS executive committee, was quoted in the Northeastern News in an article entitled “If you test positive for the Coronavirus, who has the right to know?” Ahmed discusses that while we may have a moral responsibility to disclose our diagnoses to others before coming…
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Professor Moya Bailey, member of the WGSS executive committee, was featured in an article on the website Mashable entitled “Why you need to know what ‘misogynoir’ means right now.” Misogynoir is defined as anti-black misogyny that specifically targets black women.  Professor Bailer coined the term in 2008 while writing her dissertation. The concept of misogynoir…
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The WGSS Program would like to congratulate the newly chosen Northeastern Humanities Center fellows for 2020-2021. The fellowship program allows scholars of many disciplines to collaborate on research around a common theme, sharing their work with the Northeastern community. This year’s theme is “Disruption and Displacement,” responding to refugee crises, displacements caused by climate change,…
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