Elizabeth Stanley Manchester University, UK

Liz Stanley is Director of Women's Studies and Reader in Sociology at the University of Manchester. Her recent books include: The Auto/Biographical I : The Theory and Practice of Feminist Auto/Biography (Manchester University Press, 1992); Debates in Sociology (with David Morgan, Manchester University Press, 1992); Breaking Out Again: Feminist Ontology and Epistemology (with Sue Wise, Routledge, 1993) and Sex Surveyed 1949-1994 (Taylor and Francis, 1995). An edited collection, Borderlands: Feminisms in the Academy will be published by SAGE during 1996. Liz Stanley is also the editor of the journal Auto/Biography and co-editor of the new online web journal Sociological Research Online.

CONTRIBUTORS

Johanna Alberti Open University Northern Region Newcastle upon Tyne

Carol Brown University of Surrey

Chris Corrin University of Glasgow

Kathy Davis University of Utrecht

Mary Evans University of Kent

Elaine Graham University of Manchester

Uma Kothari University of Manchester

Gina Mercer James Cook University Townsville Australia

Angela Montgomery Northumbria Probational Service

Jean Orr Queens University Belfast

Anne Seller University of Kent

Ailbhe Smyth University College Dublin

Sue Wilkinson University of Loughborough

Sue Wise University of Lancaster