Ester Reiter
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MA., Sociology, Washington State University
PhD., 1985, Sociology, University of Toronto
Ester Reiter | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1941 (age 83–84) Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| Children | 2 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | BA, 1962, History, Brandeis University MA., Sociology, Washington State University PhD., 1985, Sociology, University of Toronto |
| Thesis | Out of the frying pan and into the fryer: the organization of work in a fast food outlet (1985) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Memorial University of Newfoundland Queen's University Brock University York University |
| Main interests | Women, Sociology, Secular Jewish left in Canada; Immigrant Women; Gender, Race and Ethnicity; Left Politics, the Cold War and the War on Terror; Women and Work |
Ester Reiter (née Koulack; 1941) is an American-Canadian historian and sociologist. She is a professor emerita in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at York University. In 2017, her book A Future Without Hate or Need was shortlisted for the Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature.
Reiter came from a Jewish family and was born in Brooklyn, New York.[1] She moved to Winnipeg in the 1960s and joined Canadian Voice of Women For Peace protests.[2][3] She graduated from Brandeis University in 1962.[4]
She left Winnipeg to pursue her PhD at York University in Toronto, Ontario.[5] In order to complete her thesis, Reiter worked at a Toronto-based Burger King to observe how work is organized in fast food.[6]
