Kristen R. Ghodsee author biography, plus links to books by Kristen R. Ghodsee.

Kristen R. Ghodsee

Kristen R. Ghodsee is a Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and the critically acclaimed author of Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence, which has been translated into fourteen languages. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, Le Monde Diplomatique, and Jacobin, among other outlets, and she's appeared on PBS NewsHour and France 24 as well as on dozens of podcasts, including NPR's Throughline and New York magazine's The Cut. She lives outside of Philadelphia.

This biography was last updated on 05/16/2023.

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