Cynthia Enloe

writer

Born in 1938, Cynthia Enloe spent her early life on Long Island in a New York suburb. After completing her undergraduate education at Connecticut College in 1960, she went on to earn an M.A. in 1963 and a Ph.D. in 1967 in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Enloe currently serves as a professor in the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment at Clark University, Worcester. She is also the Director of Clark University's Women Studies program and a frequent lecturer. In addition to serving as an editor for such scholarly journals as *Signs* and the *International Feminist Journal of Politics*, Cynthia Enloe has written nine books, mostly published by the University of California Press. Much of Enloes research centers on womens place in national and international politics. Her books cover a wide range of issues encompassing gender-based discrimination as well as racial, ethnic and national identities.