Dr. Evelyn Glenn

Biography

Evelyn Nakano Glenn is a Professor in the Graduate School of Gender and Women's Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and the founding director of the Center for Race and Gender, an organized research unit. Her positions include serving as the Deputy Editor for the American Sociological Review and being part of the Editorial Collective for Feminist Studies. She has received numerous awards, including the Outstanding Article Prize from the Association of Black Women Historians and the Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Award from the American Sociological Association's Section on Race, Gender, and Class. Additionally, she has been honored with the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award by the American Sociological Association's Section on Race and Ethnic Minorities. Her teaching and research interests center on comparative race and gender studies with a strong focus on political economy, immigration, labor, and citizenship, and she examines these issues through the lens of critical race feminist theory and transdisciplinary methods.

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