Transforming Scholarship

Michele Tracy Berger is Associate Professor in the Department of Women’s Studies at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill. She holds adjunct appointments in the Department of Political Science and the Department of City and Regional Planning. Her books include Workable Sisterhood: The Political Journey of Stigmatized Women with HIV/AIDS (Princeton University Press, 2004) and the co-edited collections The Intersectional Approach: Transforming the Academy Through Race, Class and Gender (University of North Carolina Press, 2010) and Gaining Access: A Practical and Theoretical Guide for Qualitative Researchers (Altamira Press, 2003). Her teaching and research interests include multiracial feminisms, qualitative methods, and HIV/AIDS activism. She is also a lifestyle coach and conducts seminars on women and leadership and creativity. In 2004, she launched The Creative Tickle™, a coaching practice that focuses on innovation and resourcefulness development, helping individuals and　organizations to understand and harness the power of creativity for the 21st century. Michele writes a blog about the everyday practice of creativity: http://micheleberger.wordpress.com/. Cheryl Radeloff is a Disease Investigation and Intervention Specialist II with the Southern Nevada Health District. She is also an adjunct professor of Women’s Studies at the College of Southern Nevada. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2004.　Her dissertation was entitled "Vectors, Polluters, and Murders: HIV Testing Policies toward Prostitutes in Nevada". Prior to joining the Southern Nevada Health District, she was an assistant professor of Women’s Studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato. She has co-authored several book chapters, including a chapter in Wright’s (Ed.) Sex Offender Laws: Failed Policies, New Directions entitled "Sex Offenders, Mandatory HIV Testing, and Intentional Transmission" (Springer Publishing Company, 2009) with Erica Carnes, a chapter in Atwood’s (Ed.) Porn.co: Making Sense of Online Pornography entitled "How do I Rate? Websites as Erotic Looking Glasses" (Peter Lang Publishing, 2009) with Dennis Waskul, as well as written essays on safer sex, feminist pedagogy, and feminist methodology. She is in the process of becoming certified as a sex educator with the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT)　

Introduction: Transform Yourself: An Invitation to Explore Your Interest in Women's and Gender Studies Section One: You've Discovered Women's And Gender Studies and Want To Know More: Great! Now What? 1. The Birth of Women’s and Gender Studies and Who We Are Now: Your Inheritance as a Student of Women's and Gender Studies 2. Claiming Your Education Section Two: You've Committed To Learning in Women's And Gender Studies: Great! Now What? 3. How You Can Talk About Women's and Gender Studies Anytime, Anywhere and to Anyone 4. Discovering and Claiming Your Internal Strengths and External Skills Section Three: You’re Graduating: Great! Now What? 5. Women's and Gender Studies Graduates as Change Agents: Six Profiles 6. Transform your world: Preparing to Graduate and Living your Feminist Life