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Leslie Kern

Leslie Kern
Leslie Kern, PhD, is the author of two books on gender and cities, including Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World (Verso). She is an associate professor of geography and environment and director of women’s and gender studies at Mount Allison University, in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. Kern’s research has earned a Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award, a National Housing Studies Achievement Award, and several national multi-year grants. She is also an award-winning teacher. Kern’s writing has appeared in The Guardian, Vox, Bloomberg CityLab, and Refinery29. She is also an academic career coach, where she helps academics find meaning and joy in their work. Kern’s next book project is an intersectional guide to gentrification, forthcoming from Between the Lines Books in 2022.


Neither Natural Nor Inevitable: How Language Masks Gentrification

Leslie Kern on Biological and Evolutionary Metaphors in Urban Planning
September 22, 2022  By Leslie Kern
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Safety and the City: Why Women Have Never Relied on the Police for Protection

Leslie Kern on Rethinking Systems That Put Women at Risk
September 27, 2021  By Leslie Kern
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The Rise of the Feminized City

Leslie Kern on Women, Gentrification, and Public Spaces
July 10, 2020  By Leslie Kern
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