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Zandria Robinson
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Robinson in 2019
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Zandria Felice Robinson
June 11, 1982 |
| Education | University of Memphis, BA Northwestern University, PhD |
| Occupation | Scholar, writer |
| Spouse(s) | Marco Pavé, m. 2018 |
| Children | 2 |
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| Institutions | Georgetown University |
Zandria Felice Robinson (born June 11, 1982) is an American writer and scholar. She studies popular music, different cultures, and how race and culture connect in the American South. She has written 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 a professor of African-American studies at Georgetown University.
Early Life and Education
Zandria Robinson was born in Memphis, Tennessee. She grew up in the East Whitehaven Park area of the city. She earned her first two degrees, a bachelor's and a master's, in sociology from the University of Memphis. Later, she received her doctoral degree, also in sociology, from Northwestern University.
Career and Books
After finishing her studies, Robinson returned to Memphis. She worked briefly at the University of Memphis. She then taught for three years at the University of Mississippi. After that, she went back to the University of Memphis for six years. In 2015, she started teaching at Rhodes College. In 2019, she joined Georgetown University as a professor in the African-American studies department.
Robinson's first book, This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South, came out in 2014. In this book, she shares interviews with African Americans living in Memphis. The book explains how Black people have been very important in shaping modern Southern culture. She won an award for this book.
Her second book, Chocolate Cities: The Black Map of American Life, was written with Marcus Anthony Hunter. It was published in 2018. In this book, the authors show how Black people and their culture have greatly influenced what we know as American culture today.
She also wrote a part of the 2019 book New Daughters of Africa. This book is a collection of writings by many different women.
A Misunderstanding About Her Job
In 2015, there was a misunderstanding about Zandria Robinson's job. Some of her online comments led to public discussion. Soon after, the University of Memphis announced that she was no longer working there. This made many people think she had been fired. However, it was later made clear that Robinson had already accepted a new job at another university before the announcement. The university's first statement did not explain this.
Personal Life
Zandria Robinson married artist and musician Marco Pavé in 2018. She has two children. Her daughter, Assata, was born in 2009. Her son, Jordan, was born in 2014.
