Alison Assiter

Alison Assiter (born October 23, 1949), FRSA, FAcSS is the Professor of Feminist Theory at the University of the West of England.

Assiter gained her degree from Bristol University, her B.Phil. from Somerville College, Oxford, and her D.Phil. from Sussex University in 1984

In the early 2000s, Assiter was the dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Science at UWE Bristol, and the London School of Economics visiting professor of sociology in January 2006.

Assiter's book Kierkegaard, Eve and Metaphors of Birth was described as "an important contribution to the general subject matter of realizable well-being" and "illuminating and thought-provoking". It has also been reviewed by Times Higher Education.