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Brittney Cooper
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Cooper in 2017
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Ruston, Louisiana, U.S.
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| Education | Howard University (BA) Emory University (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation | Author, pundit, cultural critic |
| Employer | Rutgers University, New Brunswick |
Brittney Cooper is a tenured professor of Women and Gender Studies, author, professor, activist, and cultural critic. Her areas of research and work include black women organizations, black women intellectuals, and hip-hop feminism. In 2013 and 2014, she was named to the Root.com's Root 100, an annual list of top Black influencers.
Cooper is from Ruston, Louisiana.
Career
Cooper currently works as an associate professor of women's and gender studies and Africana studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. She is a co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective and co-editor of the collection of essays of the same title, which explore intersectionality, African-American culture, and hip-hop feminism.
Books
- The Crunk Feminist Collection (2017) ISBN: 1558619437
- Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women (2017) ISBN: 0252082486
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (2018) ISBN: 1250112575
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