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WOMEN’S STUDIES

FORTHCOMING Gender, Race,
and Ethnicity
Alice Walker in the Workplace
A Woman for Our Times
Emerging Issues and
DEBORAH G. PLANT Enduring Challenges

This biography explores Alice MARGARET FOEGEN KARSTEN,
Walker’s life experiences and EDITOR
her lifework in context of her “ This edited volume
philosophical thought, and offers students, scholars
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philosophical artist-activist —Belle Rose Ragins, Professor of Management, University of
Wisconsin–Milwaukee, November 23, 2015

DEBORAH G. PLANT is associate professor of Africana Insights from professionals in the fields of organizational
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Biography of the Spirit.

MARGARET FOEGEN KARSTEN is a professor of human
Working in the resource management and internship coordinator in the School
Middle East of Business at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville.
An American
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AMANDA M. RIGGS is a writer who specializes in topics
regarding the Middle East, women’s issues, renewable energy, KARLA MANTILLA is managing editor at Feminist Studies, an
and business. She is the founder of Verità Skin: Empower Women interdisciplinary women’s studies journal.
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