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Women's Studies and Activism: An Interview with Ellen Messer-Davidow
- NWSA Journal
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 16, Number 2, Summer 2004
- pp. 1-14
- 10.1353/nwsa.2004.0058
- Article
- Additional Information
In Disciplining Feminism (2002), Ellen Messer-Davidow argues that because women's studies has become too removed from activism, a reorientation is needed to achieve feminist goals. To explore this issue, the Women's Studies program at Iowa State University invited Messer-Davidow to speak on April 10, 2003. The following day, five members of the ISU feminist community interviewed Messer-Davidow (EM-D): Jill Bystydzienski (JB), Director of Women's Studies; Leslie Bloom (LB), Associate Director of Women's Studies and activist; Penny Rice (PR), Director of the Women's Center; and Adela Licona (AL), graduate student and Editorial/Research Assistant for the NWSA Journal. Brenda Daly (BD), Editor of the NWSA Journal, acted as facilitator.