Joan Acker
Joan Acker | |
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Born | Joan Elise Robinson March 18, 1924 Illinois, United States |
Died | June 22, 2016 | (aged 92)
Known for | gendered organizations, gender inequality as institutionalized |
Spouse |
Martin Acker
(m. 1948; div. 1967) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Oregon |
Influences | Dorothy E. Smith, Heidi Hartmann, Rosabeth Moss Kanter |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sociology, organizational studies |
Main interests | Feminism, race, class, gender |
Joan Elise Robinson Acker[1] (March 18, 1924 – June 22, 2016) was an American sociologist, researcher, writer and educator. She joined the University of Oregon faculty in 1967.[2] Acker is considered one of the leading analysts regarding gender and class within the second wave of feminism.[3]
Education[edit]
Acker was born in Illinois in 1924.[4] She received her bachelor's degree from Hunter College, her master's from the University of Chicago, and her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon.[5]
Career[edit]
Acker is best known for her theories on the relationship between race, class, and gender. She discusses this relationship in several of her publications, including her 2006 book Class Questions: Feminist Answers.[6] Acker describes the need to think about race, class, and gender not as separate entities but as "intersecting systems of oppression".[7]
Acker was professor of sociology at the University of Oregon until her retirement in 1993.[8] In 1973, Acker founded the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon. She was also professor at The Swedish Center for Working Life.[9][8] She successfully helped to raise pay wages for low-wage jobs in Oregon while serving on a state task force from 1981 to 1983.[5] She also served as co-editor of the academic journals Gender & Society and Gender, Organisation and Work.[8] In recognition of her scholarship, Acker received the American Sociological Association's Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award in 1993 and the Jessie Bernard Award for feminist scholarship in 1989.[10][11]
Later life and legacy[edit]
She died on June 22, 2016, at the age of 92.[9]
Selected works[edit]
Books[edit]
- Acker, Joan; et al. (1980). Research in the interweave of social roles. Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press, Inc. ISBN 9780892321919.
- Acker, Joan (1989). Doing comparable worth: gender, class, and pay equity. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 9780877226215.
- Acker, Joan (2006). Class questions: feminist answers. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9780742546301.
- Acker, Joan; Morgen, Sandra; Weigt, Jill (2010). Stretched thin poor families, welfare work, and welfare reform. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801475108.
Chapters in books[edit]
- Acker, Joan (2006), "Women and social stratification: a case of intellectual sexism", in Levine, Rhonda (ed.), Social class and stratification: classic statements and theoretical debates (2nd ed.), Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp. 171–182, ISBN 9780742546325
Journal articles[edit]
- Acker, Joan (1990). "Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies: A Theory of Gendered Organizations". Gender and Society. 4 (2): 139–158. ISSN 0891-2432.[12]
- Acker, Joan (2006-08-01). "Inequality Regimes: Gender, Class, and Race in Organizations". Gender & Society. 20 (4): 441–464. doi:10.1177/0891243206289499. ISSN 0891-2432.
References[edit]
- ^ "Acker, Joan". Library of Congress. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
(Joan Elise Robinson Acker) vita (b. 1924)
- ^ "Joan Acker | Department of Sociology". sociology.uoregon.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Feminism, John Bellamy Foster Topics (June 2012). "Joan Acker's Feminist Historical-Materialist Theory of Class". Monthly Review. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Kay, Ernest; Butcher, Diane (1989). International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women. Melrose Press. ISBN 9780900332982.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Barbara J. Love (2006). Feminists who changed America, 1963-1975. University of Illinois Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-252-03189-2. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ Williams, Christine (April 2007). "Class Questions, Feminist Answers". Gender & Society. 21 (2): 302–304. doi:10.1177/0891243206295784. S2CID 144705375.
- ^ Anderson, Margaret (May 2007). "Class Questions: Feminist Answers". Contemporary Sociology. 36 (3): 234–235. doi:10.1177/009430610703600314. S2CID 144801987.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Prof. Joan Acker". www.sowi.rub.de. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Obituary of Joan Acker | Musgroves - Musgrove Mortuary". musgroves.com. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- ^ "American Sociological Association: W.E.B. DuBois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award". www.asanet.org. Archived from the original on 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ "American Sociological Association: Jessie Bernard Award". www.asanet.org. 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
- ^ Acker, Joan (1990). "Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies: A Theory of Gendered Organizations". Gender and Society. 4 (2): 139–158. doi:10.1177/089124390004002002. ISSN 0891-2432. JSTOR 189609. S2CID 40897237.
External links[edit]
- Joan Acker from the University of Oregon's Department of Sociology
- Joan Acker from the Center for the Study of Women in Society
- "Joan Acker's Feminist Historical-Materialist Theory of Class" from Monthly Review
- Joan Acker faculty papers at the University of Oregon
- 1924 births
- 2016 deaths
- American sociologists
- American women sociologists
- American women's rights activists
- Feminist studies scholars
- Hunter College alumni
- University of Chicago alumni
- University of Oregon alumni
- University of Oregon faculty
- Scientists from Illinois
- 21st-century American women educators
- 21st-century American educators
- 21st-century American academics
- 21st-century American women academics