Education: BA (Hons), University of Chicago; MA, PhD, ‘Divisions of Labor, Experiences of Class: Changing Collective Identities of East Rand Food Retail Sector Workers through South Africa’s Democratic Transition’, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Career: Bridget Kenny is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, specializing in research on contingent employment, gender and the service sector. Recent projects include work on casualization and subcontracting in food retailing, changing configuration of food commodity chains in Southern Africa, the identity of white female shop workers historically, and changing class formations and identities on the East Rand. Her theoretical focus is on linking productive and reproductive economic spheres to examine how shifting labour market trends impact on workers' collective and individual subjectivities. She has a particular interest in shifting relations of class, gender and race. Bridget Kenny is a member of the Editorial Committee of the journal African Studies (see url below).

Publications include: numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, 1 Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein, Gauteng, 2050 South Africa; Tel: +27 (0)11 717-4051; Email: kennyb@social.wits.ac.za ; Website: http://web.wits.ac.za/Academic/Humanities/SocialSciences/Sociology/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00020184.asp/ .