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Nona Glazer
Nona Y. Glazer (born 1932) is a professor emerita of sociology and women's studies. Early life and education Nona Glazer was born in 1932. She graduated with a bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of Oregon, and a PhD from Cornell University. Career Glazer co-founded the women's studies program at Portland State University in 1971. Her research interests are women and work. She defined the concept "work transfer" to describe the redistribution of responsibilities from paid workers to unpaid volunteers. She authored the book ''Women's Unpaid and Paid Labor'', published in 1993 by Temple University Press. It examined women's paid and unpaid work in healthcare and retail, and work transfer in these industries which have shifted labor to women and families. She served as President of Sociologists for Women in Society from 1976 to 1978, and from 1977 to 1978 was a chair of the sex and gender and the family sections of the American Sociological Association. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor Emerita
''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person who has been "permitted to retain as an honorary title the rank of the last office held". In some cases, the term is conferred automatically upon all persons who retire at a given rank, but in others, it remains a mark of distinguished service awarded selectively on retirement. It is also used when a person of distinction in a profession retires or hands over the position, enabling their former rank to be retained in their title, e.g., "professor emeritus". The term ''emeritus'' does not necessarily signify that a person has relinquished all the duties of their former position, and they may continue to exercise some of them. In the description of deceased professors emeritus listed at U.S. universities, the title ''emeritus'' is replaced by indicating the years of their appointmentsThe Proto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |