Alison Phipps
Alison Phipps may refer to: * Alison Phipps (sociologist), British political sociologist, gender studies scholar and feminist theorist * Alison Phipps (refugee researcher) Alison Phipps OBE FRSE FRSA FAcSS a University of Glasgow professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies and holds the first UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts. She has been awarded the Minerva Medal of the ...

Alison Phipps (sociologist)
Alison Phipps is a British political sociologist, gender studies scholar and feminist theorist, who is a professor of sociology at Newcastle University's School of Geography, Politics and Sociology. Career Phipps was formerly director and professor of gender studies at the University of Sussex. She was Chair of the Feminist and Women's Studies Association of the UK and Ireland from 2009 to 2012 and was one of the co-founders of Universities Against Gender-Based Violence. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Research and interests Phipps' research concerns feminist theory, sexual violence, reproduction, and institutional cultures. According to Google Scholar her work has been cited over 2,500 times. Her latest book ''Me, Not You'' is a critique of mainstream feminist activism against sexual violence, especially its reliance on criminal punishment, and puts forward the concept of ' political whiteness' in its analysis of how the movement operates. The book ...
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