Marla Brettschneider
Dr. Marla Brettschneider, is Professor of political and feminist theory at the University of New Hampshire with a joint appointment in the departments of political science and women's and genders studies. Her work is mainly in the field of Jewish Diversity Politics and Political Theory, using the co-constituted critical tools of feminist, queer, anti-racist, class-based, de-colonial, and Jewish theory.
Courses Taught
- POLT 401: Politics and Society
- POLT 695: Independent Study
- POLT 721/821: Feminist Political Theory
- WS 401: Intro to Women's Studies
- WS 405: Gender, Power and Privilege
- WS 505: Survey/Feminism&Intersectional
- WS 796: Advanced Topics
Research Interests
- Diversity political theory including: feminist, queer, critical race, Jewish, class, de-colonial
- Political theory
Selected Publications
Brettschneider, M. (2024). Jewcy Jewish Queer Lesbian Feminisms for the Twenty-First Century. Suny Press.
Brettschneider, M. (2023). Jewish Africans Describe Their Lives Evidence of an Unrecognized Indigenous People.
Brettschneider, M. (2022). The Hidden Jews of Ethiopia: The Beta Israel of Kechene and North Shewa.
Brettschneider, M. (2022). Jewish Lesbian Scholarship in a Time of Change. M. Brettschneider (Ed.), Routledge.
Brettschneider, M., Bruder, E., & Le Roux, M. (2019). Africana Jewish Journeys. M. Brettschneider, E. Bruder, & M. Le Roux (Eds.).
Brettschneider, M., Burgess, S., & Keating, C. (2017). LGBTQ Politics: A Critical Reader. NYU Press.
Jewish Phenomenon in Sub-Saharan Africa (2016). .
Brettschneider, M. (2016). Jewish Feminism and Intersectionality. SUNY Press.
Brettschneider, M. (2015). The Jewish Phenomenon in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Politics of Conflicting Discourses.
Brettschneider, M. (2006). The Family Flamboyant: Race Politics, Queer Families, Jewish Lives.
