Sara L. Zeigler is provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and a professor at Eastern Kentucky University. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Reed College and her master’s degree and Ph.D. at the University of California-Los Angeles, all in political science. At Eastern Kentucky University, she served as director of Women’s Studies, chair of the Department of Government, and dean of University Programs for UCLA before becoming the founding dean of the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences in 2016. Zeigler’s research focuses on gender politics and equality jurisprudence. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Political Science, Feminist Formations and the Journal of Political Science Education, among others.
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Confederate Flag
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Feminist Theory
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Sunday Blue Laws
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William Blackstone
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