Cynthia Enloe | |
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![]() Enloe speaks at Franklin & Marshall College in 2014 | |
Born | Cynthia Holden Enloe 16 July 1938 New York City, U.S. |
Spouse | Joni Seager |
Awards | Fulbright Scholarship (1965) Susan Strange Award (2007) |
Academic background | |
Education | Connecticut College (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD) |
Thesis | Multi-Ethnic Politics: The Case of Malaysia (1967) |
Doctoral advisor | Chalmers Johnson |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Political science |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley Miami University Clark University |
Cynthia Holden Enloe (born July 16, 1938) is an American political theorist, feminist writer, and professor.[1][2] She is best known for her work on gender and militarism[3] and for her contributions to the field of feminist international relations.[4] She has also influenced the field of feminist political geography, with feminist geopolitics in particular.