Patricia Hill Collins
Patricia Hill Collins (born May 1, 1948) is an American academic specializing in race, class, and gender. She is a distinguished university professor of sociology emerita at the University of Maryland, College Park.[1] She is also the former head of the Department of African-American Studies at the University of Cincinnati, and a past president of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Collins was the 100th president of the ASA and the first African-American woman to hold this position.[2]
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Born | Patricia Hill May 1, 1948 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Spouse |
Roger Collins (m. 1977) |
Children | 1 (Valerie Lisa Collins) |
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Education | Philadelphia High School for Girls,
Brandeis University (BA, PhD) Harvard University (MA) |
Thesis | Race, Gender and Labor Market Structure (1983) |
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Discipline | feminist sociology |
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Notable works | Black Feminist Thought (1990) |
Notable ideas | Intersectionality, matrix of domination, controlling images |
Collins's work primarily concerns issues involving race, gender, and social inequality within the African-American community. She gained national attention for her book Black Feminist Thought, originally published in 1990.[3]