Andrea Smith Denied Tenure at University of Michigan
Gwytherinn | March 19, 2008 | 3:28 pmThe blog has been pretty dead as I’ve been working on two posts that I’d like to put up next. More specifically, I’ve been sitting on them and dragging my feet because I’d like to do them both the justice they deserve and I don’t think I can. One of these is a review of Andrea Smith’s Conquest, which I finished a few months ago. It is undoubtedly one of the most important books I’ve read. It’s really deepened my understanding of institutional racism and sexism, and has been indispensable in helping me to understand how mainstream feminism has made many issues one dimensional on account of its white middle/upper class focus. It helped me to understand the issues that Native Americans still face today due to colonization. In reading other’s accounts of her as a professor and a mentor, she has had an overwhelmingly positive impact, particularly for women of color.
In light of this, it was shocking to see at Brownfemipower that her tenure bid has been denied at the University of Michigan. She’s been covering the situation extensively and some really incredible posts and comments have resulted. I’ll be writing a letter, though I don’t know much weight my words would have.
Statement of University of Michigan Students and Faculty in Support of Andrea Smith’s Tenure Case
Sign the Grant Andrea Smith Tenure Petition
Tenure Denial Research
Academia: What’s the Point? Part 1
Dismantling the Academic Industrial Complex
Continuing to work through the question, “who is knowledge for?
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