Patricia Hill Collins
Patricia Hill Collins Born (1948-05-01)May 1, 1948 Philadelphia Residence College Park, Maryland Era Contemporary philosophy Region Western Philosophy School Black feminism, American pragmatism Institutions Brandeis University, Harvard University Main interests Sociology of knowledge Influences Pauli Murray, Angela Davis, Alice Walker and Audre Lorde Patricia Hill Collins (born May 1, 1948) is currently 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 the 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' 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.