Beverly Guy‐Sheftall

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 733 citations indexed

About

Beverly Guy‐Sheftall is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Literature and Literary Theory and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Beverly Guy‐Sheftall has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 733 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 2 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Beverly Guy‐Sheftall's work include Race, History, and American Society (6 papers), Rhetoric and Communication Studies (1 paper) and Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment (1 paper). Beverly Guy‐Sheftall is often cited by papers focused on Race, History, and American Society (6 papers), Rhetoric and Communication Studies (1 paper) and Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment (1 paper). Beverly Guy‐Sheftall collaborates with scholars based in United States. Beverly Guy‐Sheftall's co-authors include Johnnetta B. Cole, Evelynn M. Hammonds, Maya Angelou, Angela Y. Davis, Premilla Nadasen, Anna Romina Guevarra, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Barbara Ransby, Irene Tinker and Amrita Basu and has published in prestigious journals such as Signs, Social Work and The Journal of Negro Education.

In The Last Decade

Beverly Guy‐Sheftall

22 papers receiving 504 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Words of fire : an anthology of African-American feminist thought
    1995 514 citations Beverly Guy‐Sheftall profile →

Peers

Beverly Guy‐Sheftall
Paula J. Giddings United States
Renate Duelli Klein Australia
Daphne Patai United States
Paula Rothenberg United States
Himani Bannerji Canada
Melissa Steyn South Africa
Neide Mayumi Osada Brazil
Sherna Berger Gluck United States
Vivian M. May United States
Elizabeth Pleck United States
Paula J. Giddings United States
Beverly Guy‐Sheftall
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Beverly Guy‐Sheftall

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly. (2016). Shifting Contexts: Lessons from Integrating Black, Gender, and African Diaspora Studies. 1 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly, et al.. (2015). Conquering the Black Girl Blues. Social Work. 60(4). 343–350. 21 indexed citations
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Davis, Angela Y., Anna Romina Guevarra, Beverly Guy‐Sheftall, et al.. (2012). Palestine Statement: Justice for Palestine: A Call to Action from Indigenous and Women of Color Feminists. Transforming Anthropology. 20(1). 90–92. 5 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly & Johnnetta B. Cole. (2010). Who Should Be First?: Feminists Speak Out on the 2008 Presidential Campaign. State University of New York Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly. (2009). Black Feminist Studies: The Case of Anna Julia Cooper. African American Review. 43(1). 11–15. 15 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly. (2006). Shared Governance, Junior Faculty, and HBCUs. Academe. 92(6). 30–30. 15 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly. (2002). Response from a “Second Waver” to Kimberly Springer’s “Third Wave Black Feminism?”. Signs. 27(4). 1091–1094. 12 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly, et al.. (2001). Traps : African American men on gender and sexuality. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 59 indexed citations
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Cole, Johnnetta B. & Beverly Guy‐Sheftall. (2000). Gender talk. Souls. 2(4). 38–47. 1 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly. (1998). Engaging Difference: Racial and Global Perspectives in Graduate Women's Studies Education. Feminist Studies. 24(2). 327–327. 4 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly, et al.. (1998). New Directions: A Conversation with Beverly Guy-Sheftall and Robin Kilson. The Women s Review of Books. 15(5). 30–30. 3 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly, et al.. (1996). Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African American Women Artists. 4 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly, et al.. (1996). Educating Black Women Students for the Multicultural Future. Signs. 22(1). 210–213. 2 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly. (1995). Words of fire : an anthology of African-American feminist thought. 514 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly, et al.. (1995). Women's Studies: A Retrospective: A Report to the Ford Foundation. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 8 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly. (1992). Breaking the Silence: A Black Feminist Response to the Thomas/Hill Hearings (for Audre Lorde). The Black Scholar. 22(1-2). 35–37. 2 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly. (1991). Practicing What You Preach: Strategies of an Ex-English Professor.. Liberal education. 77(1). 27–29. 2 indexed citations
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O’Barr, Jean F., Irene Tinker, Rudo B. Gaidzanwa, et al.. (1986). Reflections on Forum '85 in Nairobi, Kenya: Voices from the International Women's Studies Community. Signs. 11(3). 584–608. 1 indexed citations
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Guy‐Sheftall, Beverly. (1982). Black Women and Higher Education: Spelman and Bennett Colleges Revisited. The Journal of Negro Education. 51(3). 278–278. 7 indexed citations
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