Tobe Levin

Prof. Dr. Tobe Levin Freifrau von Gleichen (* February 16, 1948 in Long Branch, New York) is professor of English and intactivist against FGM.

Vita

• 1970 B.A. in English from Ithaca College (NY)
• 1979 PhD in comparative literature from Cornell University
• Since 1979 teaching English and women's studies at the University of Maryland University College in Europe.
• 1998 co-founder of FORWARD-Germany e.V (a non-profit focused on fighting FGM in Germany and dedicated to ending FGM worldwide)
• 2002 won the Presidential Award of the University of Maryland University College for excellence in scholarship..
• Associate W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research – Harvard University

External links

• Wikipedia: Tobe Levin