Penny Johnson

Penny Johnson
PENNY JOHNSON is an independent researcher who works closely with the Institute of WomenÂ’s Studies at Birzeit University, where she edits the Review of WomenÂ’s Studies. Recent writing and research on Palestine has focused on weddings and wars, wives of political prisoners, and young PalestiniansÂ’ views about proper and improper marriages. She is also an Associate Editor of the Jerusalem Quarterly.
- Seeking PalestineINR 395
How do Palestinians live, imagine and reflect on home and exile in this period of a stateless and transitory Palestine, a deeply contested and crisis-ridden national project, and a sharp escalation...

Robert W. McChesney
Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois. He is the author of The Political Economy of Media: Enduring Issues, Eme

E. Ahmet Tonak
E. Ahmet Tonak is a Research Affiliate at Smith College and teaches at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst). From 2018 to 2024, he was an economist at Tricontinental: Institute for Social Rese

Iffat Fatima
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Ted Grant
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Rita Kothari
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Arturo Escobar
Arturo Escobar teaches at the University of North Carolina, and is the author of Encountering Development.