Author: Jennifer Ash

Jennifer Ash, Ph.D. is the Associate Director of the National Women's Studies Association.
How COVID-19 is Devastating Women's Studies Programs Across the U.S.

How COVID-19 is Devastating Women’s Studies Programs Across the U.S.

It is clear the pandemic has bolstered support for a neoliberal framework for higher education, where certain forms of labor go unrecognized and the financial bottom line takes precedence over all else. It is also clear the most affected entities in this crisis are, unsurprisingly, gender and women’s studies, ethnic studies, Latinx studies, Asian American studies, African American studies and Indigenous studies programs.