Cathy J. Cohen
Cathy J. Cohen | |
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| Born | 1962 (age 62–63) |
| Known for | Audre Lorde Project, Black Youth Project, BYP100 |
| Title | D. Gale Johnson Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, Miami University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political Science |
| Doctoral students | Vanessa C. Tyson |
| Main interests | African American politics, women and politics, lesbian and gay politics, and social movements |
| Notable works | "Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Queer Politics" (1997), The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics (1999), Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics (2010) |
Cathy J. Cohen (born 1962) is an American political scientist, author, feminist, and social activist, whose work has focused on the African-American experience in politics from a perspective which is underlined by intersectionality. She is currently the David and Mary Winton Green Professor in Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago, and is the former Director of the Center for the Study of Race (2002–05).