Dr. Loretta Kensinger to Speak at NWPC Fresno on March 1

Loretta Kensinger is Program Coordinator and Professor of Women's Studies at California State University, Fresno. Passionate about the field of Women's Studies, she is dedicated to building university campuses open and welcoming to all their diverse members.

Loretta received her Ph.D. in1996 from Purdue University and joined the Women's Studies program in Fresno in 1998, after spending three years directing the Women's Center at Western Illinois University. In 2003 she was honored with the School of Social Science Outstanding Teacher Award.

Her research interests focus on issues of inclusions and exclusions in feminist thought and feminist pedagogy. She is co-editor, with Dr. Penny Weiss, of the edited volume Feminist Interpretations of Emma Goldman, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. Samples of her other publications include: “Radical Lessons: Thoughts on Emma Goldman, Chaos, Grief and Political Violence Post-9/11/01” Feminist Teacher, 2009; "Plugged in Praxis: Thoughts on Cyber-Technology, Feminism, and Solidarity with the Women of Afghanistan," Journal of International Women's Studies, 2003; and"(In)Quest of Liberal Feminism," Hypatia, 1997. Friends, family, poetry, water-colors, gardening, good movies, and live music help make her life full and sweet.

Join us on March 1st for NWPC Fresno County's general membership dinner meeting to hear Dr. Kensinger speak!