Mary Fonow
Professor Emeritus, School for Social Transformation, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Social Transformation
Arizona State University
Titles
- Affiliate Global Futures Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
- Professor Emeritus, School for Social Transformation, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Biography
Mary Margaret Fonow, professor of women and gender studies, was named founding director of the School of Social Transformation in 2008. Her research interests include transnational labor activism, women and work in the global economy, and feminist methodology. Professor Fonow has conducted comparative research on workplace change in U.S., Canada and Australia and has recently concluded a study of women's transnational labor activism in male dominated unions in the metal trades. She published, "Union Women:Forging Feminism in the United Steelworkers of America," a book about women steelworkers and their union activism. Her new work focuses on the reformulation of labor rights and women's rights as human rights. This work has resulted in the publication in 2011 of two books, "Making Feminist Politics: Transnational Alliances between Women and Labor" and "Making Globalization Work for Women:Social Rights and Trade Union Leadership." Professor Fonow provides national leadership for the research training of doctoral students in the field of women and gender studies and is a member of the UNESCO Women and Gender Research Network. She has served on the editorial boards of Gender & Society, NWSA Journal, Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies, and the Australian Journal of Sociology.
Education
- PhD, Ohio State University-Columbus, 1977
- MA, Ohio State University-Columbus, 1973
- BA, Ohio State University-Columbus, 1971
Journal Articles
2012
Kitch, S. L. and M. M. Fonow. 2012. Analyzing women's studies dissertation: Methodologies, epistemologies, and field formation. Signs 38(1):99-126. DOI: 10.1086/665801. (link )
2009
Franzway, S. and M. M. Fonow. 2009. Queer activism, feminism and the transnational labor movement. S&F Online (7.3):. (link )
Books
2011
Franzway, S. and M. M. Fonow. 2011. Making Feminist Politics: Transnational Alliances between Women and Labor. University of Illinois Press. ISBN: 978-0252035968.
Moghadam, V. M., S. Franzway and M. M. Fonow eds. 2011. Making Globalization Work for Women: The Role of Social Rights and Trade Union Leadership. SUNY Press. ISBN: 978-1-4384-3961-7.
2002
Fonow, M. M. 2002. Union Women: Forging Feminism in the United Steelworkers of America. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN: 978-0-8166-3883-3.
Book Chapters
2012
Chakravarty, D., J. A. Cook and M. M. Fonow. 2012. Teaching, techniques, and technologies of feminist methodology: Online and on the ground. Pp. 693-709 In: Hesse-Biber, S. N. ed., The Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis, Second Edition. SAGE Publications, Inc.. ISBN: 978-1412980593.
2011
Fonow, M. M., S. Franzway and V. M. Moghadam. 2011. Introduction and overview: Globalization and women's social rights. In: Moghadam, V. M., S. Franzway and M. M. Fonow eds., Making Globalization Work for Women: The Role of Social Rights and Trade Union Leadership. SUNY Press. ISBN: 978-1-4384-3961-7.
Franzway, S. and M. M. Fonow. 2011. Demanding their rights: LBGT transnational labor activism. In: Moghadam, V. M., S. Franzway and M. M. Fonow eds., Making Globalization Work for Women: The Role of Social Rights and Trade Union Leadership. SUNY Press. ISBN: 978-1-4384-3961-7.