Kimberlé Crenshaw
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American legal academic (born 1959)
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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is an American lawyer, university teacher, philosopher, and academic. Born in Canton in 1959, she is a citizen of the United States and speaks English. Her fields of work include intersectionality, critical race theory, and law. She has been employed by the University of California, Los Angeles, Columbia Law School, and Columbia University.
Crenshaw received her education at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Cornell University, Harvard University, and Columbia University. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her published works include #SayHerName, Reaffirming Racism, Seeing Race Again, and Under the Blacklight.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1959
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Race, Racism, and International Law
- Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics
- #SayHerName
- Reaffirming Racism
- Seeing Race Again
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 35
- Total plays
- 52
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color
· 1991 · cited 19,268x
- Toward a Field of Intersectionality Studies: Theory, Applications, and Praxis
· 2013 · cited 2,884x
- Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity at global scale
· 2008 · cited 2,244x
- Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes
· 2012 · cited 1,754x
- Insulin Resistance and a Diabetes Mellitus-Like Syndrome in Mice Lacking the Protein Kinase Akt2 (PKBβ)
· 2001 · cited 1,553x
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Key facts
- Born
- Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw , ( 1959-05-05 ) May 5, 1959 (age 67) , Canton, Ohio , US
- Other name
- Kim Crenshaw
- Occupations
- Academic activist
- Alma mater
- Cornell University Harvard University University of Wisconsin
- Discipline
- Law
- School or tradition
- Critical race theory feminist legal theory
- Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles Columbia University
- Notable ideas
- Intersectionality
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Canton
- Occupation
- activist
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Employer
- Columbia University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- law
- Image
- Kimberlé Crenshaw (40901215153).jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1959-05-05
- Commons category
- Kimberlé Crenshaw
- social media followers
- 190096
- name in native language
- Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
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Encyclopedic overview
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw (born May 5, 1959) is an American civil rights advocate and a scholar of critical race theory. She is a professor at the UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School, where she specializes in race and gender issues.
Crenshaw is known for introducing and developing the concept of intersectionality, also known as intersectional theory, the study of how overlapping or intersecting social identities, particularly minority identities, relate to systems and structures of oppression, domination, or discrimination.
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