Social Science Space

Social psychologist Mary Gergen, whose career explored the intersection of social constructionism, narrative studies, and feminist theories, and who was one of the founders of the Taos Institute, died of cancer on September 22. She was 82.

Jeanne Marecek, one of the pioneers in studying the nexus of feminisms and psychologies, has been awarded the Carolyn Wood Sherif Award from the American Psychological Association and the Society for the Psychology of Women.

From sexual abuse to pay and promotion gaps and beyond, coeducation has not kept up with the promises which with it was introduced, argues the author of a new book on the subject.

The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries. Kathi Weeks; Durham: Duke University Press, 2011, 304 pp., […]

With most works of art looking at the past, the real focus is the present. The new movie ‘Suffragette,’ writes Robert Dingwall, invites us to think about the consequences of political systems that are supposedly democratic but systematically exclude many voices.

What impact has the current wave of feminism’s figurehead really had and what will happen when she’s gone?

Has equality for women been achieved? Feminism has apparently achieved many of its aims. But have they? Angela McRobbie from the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London, discusses her research on this topic.

What are the broader discourses that constitute intergenerational conflict around work/life balance for professional women? Linda Williams Favero of the […]

A qualitative study highlights the narratives of 20 Yemeni-American second-generation women in Detroit.