Rosemarie Tong has been recognized for contributions to bioethics, health care reform, genetic and reproductive technology, and the implications of caregiving for parents and children, a role performed primarily by women.
10 Facts About Rosemarie Tong
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Rosemarie Tong holds a BA in religious studies and German from Marygrove College, an MA in philosophy from Catholic University and a PhD from Temple University.
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Rosemarie Tong has held professorships at Williams College and Lafayette College.
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Rosemarie Tong was the Thatcher Professor in Medical Humanities at Davidson College until 1999, when she began her professorship at the University of North Carolina.
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Rosemarie Tong has served as chair of the Institutional Review Board's Conflict of Interest Committee at Chesapeake Research, Inc.
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Rosemarie Tong has been a consultant to the Advanced Center for Learning Studies, the Fulbright Foundation, the Hastings Center, the National Advisory Board on Ethics and Reproduction, and curricular programs involving medical humanities bioethics and women's studies.
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Rosemarie Tong has received grants from the Sloan Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Fullerton Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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In Feminist Thought, Rosemarie Tong describes intersectionality and its importance to the globalization of feminism.
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Rosemarie Tong explains the different sections of feminism that have emerged throughout the years.
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Rosemarie Tong's first husband, Dr Paul Ki King Tong, was a Chinese immigrant and professor at Glassboro State College.