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Video available of special appearances
Online video of several of Dr. Chesney-Lind’s lectures are now available, courtesy of the sponsoring institutions and organizations. Talking Gangs. UCLA, 2011. sponsored by the UCLA Department of Social Welfare in the School of Public Affairs. Part of a year-long … Continue reading
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Chesney-Lind new director of UH Women’s Studies Program
Professor Media Chesney-Lind became director of the Women’s Studies Program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on August 1, 2011. The program, which was launched nearly 40 years ago, currently offers both undergraduate and graduate classes, an undergraduate major, … Continue reading
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Women of color fastest growing segment of American prison population
Professor Chesney-Lind was quoted in an article by Julianne Hing from ColorLines.com, which was redistributed by Truthout.org (“Jezebels, Welfare Queens, and Now, Criminally Bad Black Moms”). In the last 20 years, women of color have become the fastest growing segment … Continue reading
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Commencement Address, Whitman College: May 22, 2011
But What Was It Like for Women? The Art of the Dumb Question By Meda Chesney-Lind, Ph.D. Professor, Women’s Studies University of Hawaii at Manoa Listen to Dr. Chesney-Lind’s commencement address Read the full text below Thank you very much … Continue reading
Chesney-Lind to give commencement address at Whitman College
Dr. Chesney-Lind has been selected as commencement speaker for Whitman College‘s Spring Commencement ceremony on May 22, according to an announcement this week by President George Bridges. Whitman, founded in 1882, is an independent, co-educational, non-sectarian residential liberal arts and … Continue reading
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Dr. Chesney-Lind survived the 1947 Woodward, Oklahoma twister
Reading about the latest series of deadline tornadoes to hit Oklahoma is an emotional experience for Dr. Chesney-Lind, who survived a hit by one of that state’s deadliest tornadoes when she was just a few months old. What still ranks … Continue reading
“Fighting for Girls” receives 2010 PASS Award from NCCD
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency has selected “Fighting for Girls: New Perspectives on Gender and Violence,” edited by Meda Chesney-Lind and Nikki Jones, to receive one of its 2010 PASS Awards. According to NCCD: The PASS Awards (Prevention … Continue reading
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New Article–”Doing Time in Detention Home: Gendered Punishment Regimes in Youth Jails”
“Doing Time in Detention Home: Gendered Punishment Regimes in Youth Jails”, Brian Bilsky and Meda Chesney-Lind, in Razor Wire Women: Prisoners, Activists, Scholars, and Artists (Suny Series in Women, Crime, and Criminology) From the conclusion: “In the facility, it is … Continue reading
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Belknap on Meda Chesney-Lind: “The mother of feminist criminology”
Article by Joanne Belknap, Women & Criminal Justice, Vol. 15, Issue 2, February 2004. Abstract: No individual has contributed as much to feminist criminology as Meda Chesney-Lind. This article is a biography of Chesney-Lind written after conducting two interviews with … Continue reading
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“Fighting for Girls” reviewed
“Informed by feminist perspectives and contemporary research and theory in psychology, sociology and criminal justice, readers searching for information regarding the truth about the stereotypes of violent girls will not find a better, broader, or more in depth discussion of … Continue reading
