Kenzie Bok | |
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Administrator of the Boston Housing Authority | |
Assumed office 2023 | |
Preceded by | Kate Bennett |
Member of the Boston City Council from the 8th district | |
In office January 6, 2020 – April 28, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Josh Zakim |
Succeeded by | Sharon Durkan |
Personal details | |
Born | Priscilla MacKenzie Bok June 30, 1989 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Relatives | John F. Bok (grandfather) Joan Toland Bok (grandmother) Bart Bok (great-grandfather) Priscilla Fairfield Bok (great-grandmother) |
Residence(s) | Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Philosophy career | |
Alma mater | Harvard University (AB, History); University of Cambridge (M.Phil, 2012; PhD, 2016) |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Analytic Social liberalism |
Institutions | Harvard University |
Main interests | |
Notable ideas | Affordable housing is a social and economic justice issue |
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Priscilla MacKenzie "Kenzie" Bok (born June 30, 1989) is the administrator of the Boston Housing Authority. She previously served as a member of the Boston City Council, representing District 8, which includes Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, and the West End.[1][2] She is also a lecturer on Social Studies at Harvard University, where she teaches intellectual history and history of philosophy.[3] Bok was elected to the City Council in the November 2019 election.[2] In 2023, Mayor Michelle Wu appointed Bok to become the head of the Boston Housing Authority.