Catherine MacKinnon
| Catharine A. MacKinnon | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born |
Catharine Alice MacKinnon October 7, 1946 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater |
Yale University (PhD, political science, 1987) Yale Law School (JD, 1977) Smith College (BA, government, 1969) |
| Influences | Andrea Dworkin |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Legal scholar |
| Institutions |
University of Michigan (Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law, 1989–) York University (Professor of Law, 1988–1989) various universities (Visiting Professor, 1984–1988) University of Minnesota (Assistant Professor of Law, 1982–1984) |
| Main interests | Radical feminism, post-Marxism |
| Influenced | Martha Nussbaum |
Catharine Alice MacKinnon (born October 7, 1946) is an American radical feminist, scholar, lawyer, teacher and activist. Born in Minnesota, MacKinnon attended Smith College and earned her J.D. and Ph.D. from Yale University. She is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.
As a legal scholar, MacKinnon has addressed the issues of sexual harassment and pornography.
MacKinnon was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 7, 1946. Her mother is Elizabeth Valentine Davis; her father, George E. MacKinnon was a lawyer, congressman (1947 to 1949), and judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1969 to 1995). She has two younger brothers.
MacKinnon became the third generation of her family to attend her mother's alma mater, Smith College in Massachusetts. She graduated in the top 2% of her class at Smith and earned a J.D. and a Ph.D. from Yale University. While at Yale Law School, she received a National Science Foundation fellowship.
MacKinnon is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. In 2007, she served as the Roscoe Pound Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
...
Wikipedia