Gender Justice SIG

The purpose of the Gender Justice SIG is to offer a supportive intellectual space for researchers and practitioners to share their work, network with each other, and advance the field. It also offers a mechanism for promoting issues, challenges and successes in the area of Gender Justice within the CIES and beyond.

Gender Justice is a rapidly growing field in education. This is evidenced by changes and innovations in education programs and practice; the increasing number of journals focused on gender research; conferences taking place in different regions of the world; and jobs in gender and education practice. Such growth indicates a need for space to engage in critical conversations on the complexities of gendered cross-cutting issues, emergent theoretical approaches, new methods of intersectional analyses, and innovations in transformational practices.

2024-2025

• Karishma Desai, Rutgers University. Co-Chair, karishma.desai@gse.rutgers.edu
• Rachel Silver, York University, Canada. Co-Chair, resilver@edu.yorku.ca
• Nikoo Nikoonazari, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities: Administrative Officer 2024-2026. nikoo005@umn.edu
•  Katharina Anton-Erxleben, University of Notre-Dame – Pulte Insitute: Unit Planner/Program Chair 2024-2026. k.antonerxleben@gmail.com
•  Rachael Kalaba, University of Toronto, Canada: Unit Planner, 2024-2026. rachael.kalaba@mail.toronto.edu
• Pempho Chinkodenji, University of North Dakota: Administrative Officer. pempho.chinkondenji@UND.edu

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