R.W. Connell
| Raewyn Connell | |
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| Born |
3 January 1944 Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Other names | Robert William "Bob" Connell R. W. Connell |
| Alma mater |
University of Melbourne (B.A (Hons.)) University of Sydney (PhD) |
| Occupation | Sociologist, professor, University Chair (University of Sydney) |
| Known for | Research on hegemonic masculinity, men's studies, southern theory |
| Interview with Professor Raewyn Connell | |
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Raewyn Connell (born 3 January 1944) (also known as R.W. Connell) is an Australian sociologist. She is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Sydney and known for the concept of hegemonic masculinity and southern theory.
Connell was born Robert William Connell on 3 January 1944 in Sydney, Australia. She was educated at Manly and North Sydney High Schools, and has degrees from the University of Melbourne and University of Sydney. She has held jobs at universities in Australia, including being the founding professor of sociology at Macquarie University 1976–1991.
In the United States Connell was visiting professor of Australian studies at Harvard University 1991–1992, and professor of sociology at University of California Santa Cruz 1992–1995. She was a rank-and-file member of the Australian Labor Party (before the party shifted to the right in the early 1980s), and a trade unionist, currently in the National Tertiary Education Union.
Connell's sociology emphasises the historical nature of social reality and the transformative character of social practice. Her writing tries to combine empirical detail, structural analysis, critique, and relevance to practice. Much of her empirical work uses biographical (life-history) interviewing, in education, family life and workplaces. She has written or co-written twenty-one books and more than 150 research papers. Her work is translated into 16 languages.
Connell is a trans woman, who completed her transition late in life. Almost all her earlier work was published under the gender-neutral name "R. W. Connell", up to the second edition of "Masculinities" in 2005. A few publications are under the names Bob or Robert. Since 2006 all her work has appeared under the name Raewyn Connell. Connell has recently written about transsexualism.
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