Patricia Hill Collins

Patricia Hill Collins

Patricia Hill Collins has written at least 12 books. Their most popular book is Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment with 20 saves with an average rating of 4⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Women, African Americans, and African American women.

Author Bio

Patricia Hill Collins (born May 1, 1948) is a Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is also the former head of the Department of African-American Studies at the University of Cincinnati, and a past President of the American Sociological Association Council. Collins was the 100th president of the ASA and the first African-American woman to hold this position.

Collins's work primarily concerns issues involving feminism and gender within the African-American community. She first came to national attention for her book *Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment*, originally published in 1990.

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