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Linda Blum

Linda Blum, Associate Professor of Sociology, is a distinguished scholar whose work focuses on gender, family, and social inequality. Dr Blum is the author of numerous books and articles on gender and social inequality. Her first book, Between Feminism and Labor: The Significance of the Comparable Worth Movement (University of California Press, 1991), focused on gender inequalities in paid employment. Her second book, At the Breast: Ideologies of Breastfeeding and Motherhood in the Contemporary United States (Beacon, 1999) examined ideologies of motherhood and social tensions between work and family, using cultural conceptions of breastfeeding as a case in point. Her current work focuses on the social construction of “invisible disabilities,” such as dyslexia and ADHD, which often pose profound dilemmas for families in various class and racial groups. Elected chair of the Sex and Gender section of the American Sociological Association for 2007-08, Dr Blum earned her PhD at the University of California, Berkeley. Before coming to Northeastern, she held positions at the University of Michigan and the University of New Hampshire. Her teaching will center on gender, family, and sociological theory.