Barbara Crow is a Canadian sociologist and university administrator. She is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science of

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and a professor at the Department of Sociology.

Education and career

Crow graduated from

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in 1984 with a BA in

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and

women's studies Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppress ...

, then went on to obtain an MA (in 1986) and a

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(in 1994) from the same university. She started her career at the

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, becoming an assistant professor at the Faculty of General Studies in 1993, and was promoted to

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at the Faculty of Communication and Culture in 1999. She returned to her alma mater in 2001, having been appointed an associate professor at its Department of Communications in the Faculty of

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and Professional Studies and the Technology Enhanced Learning Chair. From 2009 to 2012, Crow was the Associate Dean Research of the Faculty, and became the Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning in 2012. In the same year, she succeeded Allan Hutchinson, assuming the roles of Associate Vice-President (AVP) Graduate and Dean of Faculty of Graduate Studies on an interim basis. She was officially appointed to these positions in 2014, starting her 5-year term in July that year. In December 2016,

announced the appointment of Crow as the new Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science. She began her 5-year term on July 1, 2017.

Research

Crow's research interests are interdisciplinary, involving the intersection of

feminism Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

aging Ageing ( BE) or aging ( AE) is the process of becoming older. The term refers mainly to humans, many other animals, and fungi, whereas for example, bacteria, perennial plants and some simple animals are potentially biologically immortal. In ...

, and digital technology. She is a co-founder of the Mobile Media Lab, and a co-principal investigator on the Ageing + Communication + Technologies (ACT) Project. She was also the president of the Canadian Women’s Studies Association (name changed to Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes in 2010) between 2003 and 2004. Crow has been the editor of the

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, and some of her edited books include ''Radical Feminism: A Documentary Reader'', ''Open Boundaries: A Canadian Women's Studies Reader'' (3rd ed.) and ''The Wireless Spectrum: The Politics, Practices and Poetics of Mobile Communication''.

Personal life

Crow's husband is Michael Longford, an associate professor at the School of Art, Media, Performance and Design,

. They left a legacy gift in 2015, providing financial support to future York students. The Barbara Crow Graduate Student Leadership Award at York University is named after Crow.

References

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