Dear Feminist Scientists (and Science-y Feminists): Do you need a feminist supervisor to do graduate work in feminist science?

Sari van Anders

November 8, 2013

This is another installment of “Dear Feminist Scientists (and Science-y Feminists).” Yes, we are still working on a less clunky name, but this one is growing on us. Anyway, a graduate student recently wrote to ask us (and you!):

Do you need a feminist supervisor to do graduate work in feminist science?

It’s a good question. Do you? Did you? Is it only a yes/no question? Is a feminist-who-is-a-scientist enough? Or are we talking someone who identifies their science as feminist? What would you tell past-you? Or feminist-scientist-to-be?