Kenny, Lorraine Delia 1961-

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KENNY, Lorraine Delia 1961-

PERSONAL:

Born February 21, 1961, in NY. Education: University of Chicago, B.A. (with honors), 1984; University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz, Ph.D., 1996.

ADDRESSES:

Office—American Civil Liberties Union, 125 Broad St., New York, NY 10004. E-mail—lkenny@aclu.org.

CAREER:

Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY, intern, 1984-85, assistant editor, 1985-86, subscriptions coordinator, 1985-87, associate editor, 1987-89; National Council for Research on Women, New York, NY, coordinating editor, 1994-96; freelance copy editor and proofreader, 1996-97; Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, member of anthropology guest faculty, 1997-2000; American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY, public education coordinator for Reproductive Freedom Project, 2000—. University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz, instructor, 1992, 1993; La-Guardia Community College of the City University of New York, adjunct assistant professor, 1996, 1997; New School for Social Research, adjunct assistant professor at Eugene Lang College, 1997; also speaker at Free University of Amsterdam and University of California—Berkeley; workshop coordinator.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Grant from New York State Council on the Arts, 1987; Woodrow Wilson fellowship, 1994-95; Significant University Press Title citation, Choice, 2001, for Daughters of Suburbia: Growing Up White, Middle Class, and Female.

WRITINGS:

Daughters of Suburbia: Growing Up White, Middle Class, and Female, Rutgers University Press (Piscataway, NJ), 2000.

Contributor to books, including Racing Research, Researching Race: Methodological Dilemmas in Critical Race Studies, edited by Franie Winddance Twine and Jonathan W. Warren, New York University Press (New York, NY), 2000. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including American Anthropologist. Afterimage, assistant editor, 1985-86, associate editor, 1987-89; managing editor, Socialist Review, 1993; coordinating editor, Issues Quarterly and Women's Research Network News, 1994-96.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Research on reproductive rights.

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