Jane Bennett (academic)
In 2004, Jane Bennett co-edited Jacketed Women: Qualitative Research Methodologies on Sexualities and Gender in Africa with Charmaine Pereira. Bennett has a BA from the University of Natal, MPhil and EdD from Columbia University. She has an academic background in linguistics, literature, sociology, and feminist theory. Since 2009 she has been at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, where she is a Professor as well as the Director of the School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics. Bennett was also Director of the African Gender Institute at University of Cape Town.