Imani Perry | |
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 Perry in 2022 | |
| Born | September 5, 1972 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (JD, PhD) Georgetown University (LLM) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Rutgers University Princeton University Harvard University |
| Main interests | Race, law, African American culture, Citizenship, American Politics, Intellectual Traditions, Neoliberalism, Culture and Life, Feminist Thought, Religious Thought |
Imani Perry (born September 5, 1972) is an American interdisciplinary scholar of race, law, literature, and African American culture. She is currently the Henry A. Morss, Jr. and Elisabeth W. Morss Professor of Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University, a Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, and a columnist for The Atlantic.[1][2] Perry won the 2022 National Book Award for Nonfiction for South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation. [3] In October 2023, she was named a MacArthur Fellow.[4]
- ^ "Imani Perry". Harvard University.
- ^ Perry, Imani (July 1, 2022). "When Borders Become Death Traps". The Atlantic.
- ^ Harris, Elizabeth A. (November 17, 2022). "Imani Perry Wins National Book Award for 'South to America'". The New York Times.
- ^ "MacArthur Fellows - MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved October 5, 2023.