greggory1906
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« on: January 05, 2007, 10:57:28 PM » |
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I am doing some research on transsexual rights in the workplace. And I wanted to find
out if any faculty are aware of trans faculty (or staff) at their college/university. What type of treatment are/were they afforded?
How would faculty respond to a male faculty (tenured) who showed up to a faculty meeting wearing a dress and make-up (transitioning process)?
Thanks!
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« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2007, 11:28:17 PM » |
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There is a well known case of a woman who is dean of grad studies at the University of Victoria, B.C. Canada. She went through the process of becoming a he, Aaron Devor. Go to his home page at: http://web.uvic.ca/~ahdevor/and there will be a wealth of links as his research is about transsexuality and specifically, female to male trans sexuality. |
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« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2007, 08:26:02 AM » |
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Probably the most famous transsexual in academia is economist Deidre McCloskey.
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« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2007, 09:45:46 AM » |
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Dr. Joan Roughgarden at Stanford is someone else to consider; she is an evolutionary biologist, I think. Is Dr. McCloskey the one at Colby College? There was a memoir about this within the last 5-7 years or so...
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greggory1906
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« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2007, 03:57:26 PM » |
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Thanks for the leads! I am excited to carry on my research!
Cheers
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« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2008, 12:34:08 PM » |
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Prof. Emeritus, Psychology at Cal State Univ. Northridge - Richard F. Docter (Stanford U. trained clinical psychologist) - would be a terrific lead to help. He's retired, but I understand he's still involved w/ the department. Dr. Dick Docter has what is believed to be the largest database on transgender research available.
Good luck.
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« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2008, 01:24:48 PM » |
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Ben Barres is a professor of neurobiology at Stanford who's written about his experiences as an FTM transgender in academia.
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« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2008, 01:32:43 PM » |
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Not relevant to research perhaps, but I just read today about a TFM that is pregnant and has been complaining about how they are being treated by the medical system.
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« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2008, 02:30:40 PM » |
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Probably the most famous transsexual in academia is economist Deidre McCloskey.
I think she wrote a book about the process. |
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« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2008, 04:01:58 PM » |
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You might want to look at the work of Dean Spade, well-known legal scholar of trans issues (trans identified, soon to be faculty, founder of Sylvia Rivera Law Project). I believe he has written some on the academy.
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« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2008, 07:07:43 AM » |
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Mental illness in higher education has become the rule and not the exception.
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« Reply #11 on: March 28, 2008, 07:31:29 AM » |
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Mental illness in higher education has become the rule and not the exception.
Transgenderism is not a mental illness. |
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« Reply #12 on: March 28, 2008, 10:21:52 AM » |
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Mental illness in higher education has become the rule and not the exception.
Transgenderism is not a mental illness.CO-SIGNED! |
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« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2008, 10:30:53 AM » |
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Mental illness in higher education has become the rule and not the exception.
This comment is not appropriate. Try learning and teaching tolerance and diversity. |
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« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2008, 10:45:34 AM » |
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Mental illness in higher education has become the rule and not the exception.
Transgenderism is not a mental illness.CO-SIGNED! Actually, allow me to correct myself. Transgenderism is among the many conditions listed in the DSM. However, to suggest that it an "illness" which would render one incapabile or unqualified to teach in higher education is WRONG WRONG WRONG! Academicians have higher rates of OCD and OCD-like behaviors (not always reaching the clinical threshold) than the rest of the population. It actually is a benefit to be somewhat obsessive about details, given what we do for a living. I am not transgendered, but I don't have to be to be offended by your post. |
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