Jennifer Christine Nash facts for kids

Jennifer Christine Nash (born 1980) is a professor at Duke University. She teaches about gender, feminism, and how different parts of people's identities connect. She also leads a special program called the Black Feminist Theory Summer Institute.

Professor Nash studies many important topics. These include Black feminist theory, which looks at the experiences of Black women. She also researches how race and law connect, and the idea of intersectionality. Intersectionality helps us understand how different parts of a person's identity, like their race, gender, or class, can combine to affect their experiences. She also studies topics like Black motherhood and Black maternal health.

Education

Jennifer Nash studied at Harvard University. She earned her PhD in African American Studies. She also got her law degree (JD) from Harvard Law School.

What She Does

Professor Nash thinks deeply about the idea of intersectionality. She believes it's important to really understand this idea, rather than just accepting or rejecting it without thought.

She has pointed out that sometimes people can become very protective of intersectionality. They might feel it should only be used for certain groups, especially Black women, because they helped create the idea. However, Professor Nash believes that important ideas like intersectionality should not be treated like private property. She thinks these ideas should be shared and used to help many different marginalized groups. She believes that sharing these ideas helps more people understand and fight for fairness.

Books She Has Written

• How We Write Now: Living With Black Feminist Theory. Duke University Press, 2024.
• Birthing Black Mothers. Duke University Press, 2021.
• Black Feminism Reimagined: After Intersectionality. Duke University Press, 2018.

Books She Has Helped Edit

• Gender: Love. Macmillan Reference, 2016.
• The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities. Routledge, 2023. (Co-edited with Samantha Pinto)
• Black Feminism on the Edge. Duke University Press, 2023. (Co-edited with Samantha Pinto)

Awards She Has Won

• Alan Bray Memorial Book Prize.
• Gloria Anzaldúa Book Prize. This award was given to her book Black Feminism Reimagined After Intersectionality by the National Women's Studies Association.
• Honorable mention for Gloria Anzaldúa Book Prize. This was for her book Birthing Black Mothers, also from the National Women's Studies Association.

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  A picture of Jennifer Nash looking out of a window.