Leslie Kern

Leslie Kern is the author of three books about cities, including Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies and Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World . She is an associate professor of geography and environment and women's and gender studies at Mount Allison University. Leslie's research has earned a Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award, a National Housing Studies Achievement Award, and several national multi-year grants. She is also an award-winning teacher. Leslie's writing has...See more

Leslie Kern is the author of three books about cities, including Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies and Feminist City: Claiming Space in a Man-Made World . She is an associate professor of geography and environment and women's and gender studies at Mount Allison University. Leslie's research has earned a Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award, a National Housing Studies Achievement Award, and several national multi-year grants. She is also an award-winning teacher. Leslie's writing has appeared in The Guardian, Vox, Bloomberg CityLab , and Refinery29 . Leslie is also an academic career coach, helping academics find meaning and joy in their work. She lives in Sackville, New Brunswick, with her partner and two cats. See less