Pioneering New Directions in Girlhood Studies
Girlhood studies offer a powerful lens to explore how culture, power, and identity intersect. Featured in Girl Museum’s Why We Need Girls’ Studies series, the co-founders of the Girlhood Studies Collective, Dr. Halle Singh and E Lev Feinman, discuss their efforts to expand critical research in this dynamic field.
Dr. Singh, a Rutgers Childhood Studies PhD alum, is developing her book Girlhood After Dark: Nighttime, Leisure, and the Temporality of Gender. Feinman, a current doctoral candidate, focuses on their dissertation and the Collective’s upcoming symposium planned for 2026.
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