We invite members of the Five College feminist community to our ongoing Work in Progress series, featuring work by current Research Associates. These sessions are opportunities to not only learn more about, but also amplify and actively engage with the fascinating projects currently underway at the Center. A full list of of events is at the bottom of this page.

Academic Mobbing: Institutional Bullying in Turkish Universities
A Work in Progress Session with Meltem Ince Yenilmez

Academic mobbing is becoming increasingly common at Turkish institutions. This form of bullying is often initiated by co-workers and most often targets outspoken and ethical professors who are always on the offensive when it comes to societal wrongdoing. Academic mobbing is associated with a variety of risk variables, including sex, sexual orientation, gender, race and ethnicity, position or seniority, job experience, and age. Academic bullying incidents frequently result in a variety of negative effects, including physical, emotional, and psychological harm, and have as well as a variety of work-related and institutional implications. Universities, and academics in general, should contribute to the development of a civic culture and environment. More precisely, rules promoting respectful workplaces should be developed and implemented, with a goal of minimizing or eliminating instances of academic mobbing.

Meltem Ince Yenilmez is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at Izmir Democracy University who specializes in economics of gender and labour economics. She was at Visiting Researcher at University of California, Berkeley between 2014-2015 and was at Georg-Universität-Gottingen at summer school of 2015-2016. She is currently a Research Associate at University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Visiting Faculty at IIM Rohtak, India; and Visiting Associate Professor at University of Tohoku, Japan. She is an economist focused on gender, feminist theory, discrimination, and care work. She has four books published by Routledge and Palgrave, and her next book projects income equality, cyberfeminism and women’s participation in sports market.

Wednesday, April 6
11am - 12pm EST
Remote via Zoom

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Spring 2022 Work in Progress Series
Wednesdays, 11am - 12pm EST, remote via Zoom

April 13 
"Refashioning History: Women as Sartorial Storytellers"
Siobhan Mei
Lecturer, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst

April 20
"The Forgotten World of Second Wave Feminist Publishing"
Shane Snowdon
Educator & Consultant, Edgework, Cambridge, MA

April 27 
"Balkan West Route Research"
Danica Anderson
Certified Clinical Criminal Justice Specialist; Forensic Psychotherapist; Social Scientist