Zandra F. Robinson PhD | |
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![]() Robinson in 2019 | |
Born | 1982 (age 41–42) |
Occupation(s) | Scholar, writer |
Spouse(s) | Marco Pavé, m. 2018 |
Children | 2 |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Memphis, BA Northwestern University, PhD |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sociologist |
Sub-discipline | Racial politics, Black American culture, the American south |
Institutions | Georgetown University |
Website | https://newsouthnegress.com/ |
Zandria F. Robinson (born 1982) [1] is an American writer and scholar. Her work focuses on popular music, ethnography, and race and culture in the American south. She is the author of two books: This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South (2014) and Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life (2018). Robinson is an associate professor of African-American studies at Georgetown University. [2] [3]
Robinson was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in the city's East Whitehaven Park neighborhood. [1] She received her bachelor's degree and master's degree in sociology from University of Memphis, and later received her doctoral degree in sociology from Northwestern University. [1]
Robinson returned to Memphis after receiving her degree to work briefly as an adjunct at University of Memphis. She then worked for three years as a tenure-track professor at University of Mississippi. Robinson then returned to University of Memphis, where she remained for six years. [4] In 2015, she accepted a position at Rhodes College. [5] She joined the faculty at Georgetown University as an associate professor in the department of African-American studies in 2019. [6]
Robinson's first book, titled This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South, was published in 2014 by UNC Press. [7] [8] The book uses interviews with African Americans who live in Memphis and "critiques ideas of black identity constructed through a northern lens and situates African Americans as central shapers of contemporary southern culture." [9] She received the Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Award for the book. [10]
Her second book, co-authored with Marcus Anthony Hunter, is called Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life. [11] [12] Published in 2018 by University of California Press, the authors "present an alternative cartography of the United States, a "Black map" — showing how Black people and culture have shaped what we know as American culture". [1]
She is a contributor to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby. [13]
In 2015, Robinson received backlash over her tweets related to white students' perceptions that Black college students are admitted due to their race, and statements related to criticism of the Confederate flag. [14] [15] The story was picked up by conservative media outlets such as The Daily Caller and many people called for her to be fired. [16] Shortly after, the University of Memphis tweeted that Robinson was no longer employed at the university. [14] The statement led many to believe she had been dismissed. [15] In response, over 100 Black scholars circulated a letter that "argue[d] that black scholars are at particular risk right now, when campuses are rife with heightened surveillance by disgruntled students and administrators unwilling or unable to go to bat for faculty." [16] It was later announced that Robinson had already accepted a position at another university, which the University of Memphis had not stated in their initial tweet. [16] [17]
Robinson married artist and musician Marco Pavé in 2018. She has two children: Assata (born 2009), a daughter from a previous relationship; and Jordan (born 2014), a son with Pavé. [1]
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Zandra F. Robinson PhD | |
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![]() Robinson in 2019 | |
Born | 1982 (age 41–42) |
Occupation(s) | Scholar, writer |
Spouse(s) | Marco Pavé, m. 2018 |
Children | 2 |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Memphis, BA Northwestern University, PhD |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sociologist |
Sub-discipline | Racial politics, Black American culture, the American south |
Institutions | Georgetown University |
Website | https://newsouthnegress.com/ |
Zandria F. Robinson (born 1982) [1] is an American writer and scholar. Her work focuses on popular music, ethnography, and race and culture in the American south. She is the author of two books: This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South (2014) and Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life (2018). Robinson is an associate professor of African-American studies at Georgetown University. [2] [3]
Robinson was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in the city's East Whitehaven Park neighborhood. [1] She received her bachelor's degree and master's degree in sociology from University of Memphis, and later received her doctoral degree in sociology from Northwestern University. [1]
Robinson returned to Memphis after receiving her degree to work briefly as an adjunct at University of Memphis. She then worked for three years as a tenure-track professor at University of Mississippi. Robinson then returned to University of Memphis, where she remained for six years. [4] In 2015, she accepted a position at Rhodes College. [5] She joined the faculty at Georgetown University as an associate professor in the department of African-American studies in 2019. [6]
Robinson's first book, titled This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South, was published in 2014 by UNC Press. [7] [8] The book uses interviews with African Americans who live in Memphis and "critiques ideas of black identity constructed through a northern lens and situates African Americans as central shapers of contemporary southern culture." [9] She received the Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Award for the book. [10]
Her second book, co-authored with Marcus Anthony Hunter, is called Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life. [11] [12] Published in 2018 by University of California Press, the authors "present an alternative cartography of the United States, a "Black map" — showing how Black people and culture have shaped what we know as American culture". [1]
She is a contributor to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby. [13]
In 2015, Robinson received backlash over her tweets related to white students' perceptions that Black college students are admitted due to their race, and statements related to criticism of the Confederate flag. [14] [15] The story was picked up by conservative media outlets such as The Daily Caller and many people called for her to be fired. [16] Shortly after, the University of Memphis tweeted that Robinson was no longer employed at the university. [14] The statement led many to believe she had been dismissed. [15] In response, over 100 Black scholars circulated a letter that "argue[d] that black scholars are at particular risk right now, when campuses are rife with heightened surveillance by disgruntled students and administrators unwilling or unable to go to bat for faculty." [16] It was later announced that Robinson had already accepted a position at another university, which the University of Memphis had not stated in their initial tweet. [16] [17]
Robinson married artist and musician Marco Pavé in 2018. She has two children: Assata (born 2009), a daughter from a previous relationship; and Jordan (born 2014), a son with Pavé. [1]
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