born in 1963 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Bettina Mathes is associate professor at
Pennsylvania State University
where she teaches german studies, gender studies,
and history of science & technology

her latest book
Verschleierte Wirklichkeit. Die Frau, der Islam und der Westen
(Veiled Reality: women, islam and the West)
co-written with Christina von Braun
has been awarded the prize
Best Academic Book of the Year 2007
by the Austrian Ministry for Science