Alondra Nelson

Alondra Nelson is an American academic and writer. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at Columbia University in the City of New York. She holds an appointment in the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Columbia. From 2003-2009, she was Assistant Professor of African American Studies, American Studies and Sociology at Yale University, where she was the recipient of the Poorvu Family Award for Interdisciplinary Teaching. At Yale, she was also the first African American woman to join the Department of Sociology faculty. Nelson earned a B.A. in Anthropology(magna cum laude) from the University of California at San Diego in 1994. She earned a Ph.D. in American Studies from New York University in 2003. From an interdisciplinary...