Lynn Davidman

 

Lynn Davidman
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	19 ga Janairu, 1955 (69 shekaru)
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Karatu
Matakin karatu	Doctor of Philosophy (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	social scientist (en)
Employers	Brandeis University (en)

Lynn Rita Davidman (an haife ta a shekara ta 1955). masaniyar ilimin zamantakewar jama'a ne na Amurka. Ita ce fitacciyar farfesa a karatun Yahudawa na zamani kuma farfesa a ilimin zamantakewa a Jami'ar Kansas.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi

An haifi Davidman a Birnin New York zuwa dangin Yahudawa na Orthodox na Zamani. Bayan mutuwar mahaifiyarta a lokacin tana da shekaru 13, Davidman ta fara tambaya game da tarbiyyar addininta, wanda ta haifar da rarrabuwa tsakaninta da danginta.

Ta yi karatun Psychology da addini a Kwalejin Barnard sannan ta sami digiri na biyu daga Jami'ar Chicago Divinity School da PhD daga Jami'ar Brandeis a shekarar 1986.

Aiki

Bayan ta sami PhD,an ɗauke Davidman a matsayin mataimakiyar farfesa a fannin ilimin zamantakewa ta Jami'ar Pittsburgh. Yayin da take can,ta buga al'ada a cikin Duniya marar tushe: Mata sun juya zuwa addinin Yahudanci na Orthodox ta Jami'ar California Press.Littafin ta yi nazari kan dalilin da ya sa mata masu zaman kansu ke juya Orthodox ta hanyar kwatanta rayuwar waɗanda suke a makarantar hauza ta mata ta Lubavitch a St.Paul, Minnesota, tare da membobin Majami'ar Lincoln Square. Littafin ta yasa tasami Davidman lambar yabo na Littafin Yahudanci na Ƙasa na 1992 don Rayuwar Yahudanci na Zamani & Kwarewa.

Daga baya an dauke ta aiki a Jami'ar Brown a matsayin mataimakiyar farfesa a nazarin Yahudanci, wayewar Amurka,ilimin zamantakewa, da kuma nazarin mata. A cikin wannan matsayi, Davidman ta haɗu tare da Shelly Tenenbaum don haɗin gwiwar Mawallafin Ra'ayoyin Mata akan Nazarin Yahudawa ta Jami'ar Yale Press.Littafin nasu ta yi nazari kan ci gaban ilimin mata a fannoni daban-daban a cikin nazarin Yahudawa tare da mai da hankali kan jinsi.

Ba da daɗewa ba aka ƙara mata girma zuwa abokiyar farfesa kuma ta fara rubuta littafinta mai zuwa mai suna Growing Up Motherless: Stories of Lives Interrupted. Littafin ta dauki shekaru uku tana tattara bayanai daga maza da mata 60 daga sassa daban-daban wadanda uwayensu suka rasu suna da shekaru 10 zuwa 15. Sakamakon dogon binciken da ta yi ya nuna jigon ji na an bar shi da kuma addini ba ya ba da ta'aziyya ta fuskar hasara.

Davidman an kara mata girma zuwa farfesa na nazarin Yahudanci a cikin 2002, rawar da ta kasance har zuwa shekarar 2008, lokacin da ta shiga Jami'ar Kansas a matsayin Robert M. Beren Babban Farfesa na Nazarin Yahudanci na Zamani kuma farfesa na ilimin zamantakewa.

A Jami'ar Kansas, Davidman ta gudanar da wani littafi na bincike mai suna Becoming Un-Orthodox: Stories of Ex-Hasidic Yahudawa, inda ta binciki maza da mata 40 da aka haifa a cikin al'ummomin Hasidic masu tsattsauran ra'ayi waɗanda suka zama masu zaman kansu. Ta dauki sabbatical bayan fitowar littafinta.

Rayuwa ta sirri

Davidman ya auri Neal Horrell.