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Robert Reid-Pharr
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| Alma mater | University of North Carolina (BA) Yale University (MA, PhD) |
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Robert Reid-Pharr is an American professor and writer. He studies and writes about literature and culture. He helps us understand different ideas and stories.
Early Life and Learning
Robert Reid-Pharr grew up in North Carolina. He went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science. Later, he studied at Yale University. He earned two more degrees from Yale. These were a master's degree in African American studies and a Ph.D. in American studies.
His Work and Teaching
Robert Reid-Pharr is a professor at New York University. He teaches about social and cultural topics. He has written many essays. These essays have appeared in different journals. Some of these include Callaloo, Social Text, and African American Review.
He has also received special support for his research. This support came from groups like the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. In 2015, he became a member of the Johns Hopkins Society of Scholars. This is a special group that honors important thinkers.
Professor Reid-Pharr has taught at many universities. These include Johns Hopkins University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Oxford. He has also taught at Swarthmore College.
He has written several important books. One of his books, Black, Gay, Man: Essays, won an award in 2002. Another book, Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire, and the Black American Intellectual, was also recognized. He also wrote Conjugal Union: The Body, the House, and the Black American and Archives of Flesh: African America, Spain, and Post-Humanist Critique. This last book received an honorable mention for a prize in 2017.
Professor Reid-Pharr is known as a public thinker. He encourages new ways of looking at society. He helps people think about different ways of being and living.
