Do you remember me?
Like your training in the methodist church, you left an indeleable mark in me. In the 80’s your ‘brand’ of femnism was like music to my ears.
You brought together for me, a young poor immigrant latina feminist lesbian, the issues and gave me the perspective that I needed to be in the world.
I am so glad you continue to receive awards for your powerful work.
I think about you often. You continue to inspire me.
I would love to reconnect with you.

This is a terrific, moving acceptance speech! Thank you for sharing it & congratulations on your award.

Suzanne, this is beautiful.

Thank you.

I just did a quick library search on Andrea Smith and came up with 7 peer-reviewed articles, and that was on the first page. I used a university search engine and searched only academic publications. In short, Smith Record, you’re wrong. Some things to consider: 1) do you still believe Andrea Smith doesn’t deserve tenure. 2) rather than read the criticism openly you immediately tried to dismiss it, otherwise why do the search (badly, at that), 3) given that you are incorrect perhaps you can reevaluate why the denial of tenure was made.

Ms. Smith is the smartest person I ever met. That, of course, doesn’t automatically qualify someone for tenure. If it did, then janitorial staff would have total job security. However, trying to frame her denial of tenure as simply a lack of academic output is disingenuous.

Dan

Hola Suzanne
I don’t see how to order the book. Is it only downloadable?
I have been busy with Soulforce and Evangelicals Concerned. Also, finished an emergency stint with Entre Hermanos as their exec director.
Hope you are doing well, you sounded great on our quick conversation.
love
mike

Suzanne,

I’m stumbling across your blog after meeting you so many years ago in Portland, Oregon. I was a somewhat adrift political activist and now a much more grounded activist and mother of two. I have a small, very new blog with a friend of mine called Poligot (i.e, you got politics? I also blog at http://www.BlueOregon.com). I’ve been thinking thoughts very similar to the ones you wrote in this piece — would you consider a cross-post?

Thanks for writing this wonderful, visionary book. Coincidentally, I randomly picked this up from my girlfriend’s books collection last week, and read it cover-to-cover that night. It is amazing how timely the issue is still today.

My first internet- experience was not successful. But anyway I keep posting from time to time. All information online is for people to discuss. I think this is the most important thing why internet is so popular everywhere

I’m not so sure FinanceBuzz. Read Suzanne’s post on desire and hope!

ISI Web of Knowledge lists 5 journal publications for Smith based on her work at Michigan, that I can find. None of them are research articles. Instead, 2 are editorials, 1 is a literature review, and 2 are book reviews. She has also written a book, “Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide” which is a good achievement, but books are not peer reviewed. Any other publications of hers must be in journals that are not included by ISI, which can be a sign that they are not strong journals. So it appears that Smith has essentially no new, peer-reviewed contributions to the field, and probably that is why she is not getting tenure. Her political activism is not counted in an academic department. Creating organizations (INCITE), giving speeches at meetings or rallies, magazine and newspaper articles, interviews, nominations for awards, etc., are not viewed as academic activities. She has to publish original research in peer-reviewed, high quality, archival journals. The evidence for that seems to range from non-existent to very thin.