Patricia Hill Collins

Patricia Hill Collins is Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and Charles Phelps Taft Professor Emerita of African American Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Her books include "Black Feminist Thought" (1990, 2000, 2022); "Fighting Words" (1998); "Black Sexual Politics" (2004); "From Black Power to Hip Hop" (2005); "Intersectionality" (2016; 2020, co-authored with Sirma Bilge); and "Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory" (2019). Her anthology "Race, Class, and Gender: Intersections and Inequalities," 11th ed. (2024), co-edited with Margaret Andersen, has been widely used for over 30 years at more than 200 colleges and universities. Her books and articles have been translated into Portuguese, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Romanian, French, Spanish, and Turkish.

Collins has held editorial positions with professional journals, lectured widely in the United States and internationally, served in many capacities in professional organizations, and has acted as a consultant for community organizations. In 2008, she became the 100th President of the American Sociological Association, the first African American woman elected to this position in the organization’s 104-year history. In 2022, she was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. In 2023, she was awarded the prestigious Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture, an award given annually to an individual whose ideas have profoundly shaped human self-understanding and advancement in a rapidly changing world. Her most recent book, "Lethal Intersections: Race, Gender, and Violence," was published in 2024.