Outsiders Within? The Precarious Nature of ‘Now’ for Women’s Studies PhDs, the Corporate Institution and Discourses of Economic Justification.”

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Abstract

This roundtable explores the lived experiences (via personal narrative and auto-ethnographic modes) of a cohort of interdisciplinary Women’s Studies PhDs who matriculated from the same institution within the last 4-years. Each scholar will locate herself in relation to her institution/s (and department/s) in order to create a complex dialogue resulting in support strategies, mechanisms for continued solidarity building, and renewed political action.

Sub Unit

• General Conference / Theme 3: Institutions/Containments

Moderator

• Ileana Jimenez, feministteacher.com

Presenters

• Stephanie Troutman, University of Arizona

• Katina Sawyer, Villanova University

• Rachel Louise Moran, University of North Texas