Gender Equality and Women’s Rights to be discussed during WMU-Cooley Women’s History Month event | WKZO | Everything Kalamazoo

KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) —  As part of Women’s History Month, WMU-Cooley Law School’s Assistant Professor Amanda M. Fisher will lead a discussion on gender equality and equal rights. The discussion will be held virtually on Thursday March 3, from noon-1 p.m.

Fisher has several works published, including those on women’s issues including: How the Pandemic Has Caused an Identity Crisis for Mothers; Progress in the Time of COVID-19: Reconsidering Gender Equity in the Legal Profession; and New Beginnings: A Feminist Evaluation of Gendered Stigma in the Modern Legal Profession.

She has also been featured on Pumpspot podcast’s episode, How Mothers Esquire is Changing the Conversation for Women in Law.

Fisher joined WMU-Cooley’s Tampa campus in 2019 and teaches Introduction to Law, Drafting, and Criminal Law.

In addition to earning a law degree, she holds a Ph.D. in Criminology, Law and Society from the University of California, Irvine, where her research focused on gendered stigma in the legal profession, identity theory, and critical feminist theories.

Those interested in attending the virtual conversation can RSVP at: https://info.cooley.edu/community-conversations