Crystal Marie Fleming

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Crystal Marie Fleming
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Crystal Marie Fleming (2008)
Born (1981-11-26) November 26, 1981 (age 39)
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Academic background
Alma materWellesley College (B.A.)
Harvard University (M.A., Ph.D.)
ThesisImagining French Atlantic Slavery: A Comparison of Mnemonic Entrepreneurs and Everyday Antilleans in Metropolitan France (2011)
Doctoral advisorMichèle Lamont
Academic work
DisciplineSociology, Africana studies
Sub-disciplineRacism, white supremacy
InstitutionsStony Brook University

Crystal Marie Fleming (born November 26, 1981) is an American sociologist and author. She is an associate professor of sociology and Africana studies at Stony Brook University. Fleming is the author of two books about race and white supremacy.

Early life and education[]

Crystal Marie Fleming was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She was raised by her mother in a religious environment and her family belonged to a black Pentecostal church.[1]

Fleming graduated in 2004, magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and French from Wellesley College. She completed a senior thesis titled Performing Blackness: Symbolic Boundaries and Aesthetic Distinctions among Spoken Word Poets in Boston.[2][3] She obtained a Master of Arts in sociology in 2007 at Harvard University. At the same institution, Fleming earned a Doctor of Philosophy in sociology in 2011.[2] Her dissertation was titled Imagining French Atlantic Slavery: A Comparison of Mnemonic Entrepreneurs and Everyday Antilleans in Metropolitan France. Fleming's doctoral advisor was Michèle Lamont.[4] She won the 2012 Georges Lavau Dissertation Award from the American Political Science Association for an English-language dissertation on French politics.[5]

Career[]

Fleming is Associate Professor of Sociology, Africana Studies and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University. She was previously a visiting professor at Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III in 2015.[2] She is the author of two books: Resurrecting Slavery: Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France and How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide.[6]

Personal life[]

Fleming identifies as bisexual and queer.[1]

Selected works[]

  • Fleming, Crystal Marie (2017). Resurrecting Slavery: Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France. Temple University Press. ISBN 9781439914090.[7]
  • Fleming, Crystal Marie (2018). How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide. Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807050781.[8]
  • Fleming, Crystal Marie (2021). Rise Up!: How You Can Join the Fight Against White Supremacy. Henry Holt and Company (BYR). ISBN 978-1-250-22638-9.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Fleming, Crystal Marie (February 25, 2015). "#ThisIsLuv: A Black Bisexual Manifesto". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Fleming, Crystal Marie (2016). "Curriculum Vitae: Crystal Marie Fleming" (PDF). Stony Brook University. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Fleming, Crystal Marie (2004). Performing Blackness: Symbolic Boundaries and Aesthetic Distinctions Among Spoken Word Poets in Boston. Wellesley College.
  4. ^ Fleming, Crystal Marie (2011). "Imagining French Atlantic Slavery: A Comparison of Mnemonic Entrepreneurs and Antillean Migrants in Metropolitan France (1980–2010)". Retrieved November 7, 2018 – via ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
  5. ^ "Back Matter". French Politics, Culture & Society. 30 (3). 2012. ISSN 1537-6370. JSTOR 42843781.
  6. ^ "Crystal Marie Fleming on "How to Be Less Stupid About Race"". WJLA. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  7. ^ Reviews of Resurrecting Slavery: Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France:
    • Beaman, Jean (August 6, 2018). Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 4 (4): 593–594. doi:10.1177/2332649218793649. ISSN 2332-6492. S2CID 165480859.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Matlon, Jordanna (April 25, 2018). Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews. 47 (3): 320–322. doi:10.1177/0094306118767651q. ISSN 0094-3061. S2CID 150018542.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Moutselos, Michalis (2018). Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. 18 (1): 80–81. doi:10.1111/sena.12267. ISSN 1473-8481.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • McDonogh, G.W., "Review", Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, vol. 55 no. 1, p. 123
  8. ^ Reviews of How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide:

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