Gina Dent

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Gina Dent is an associate professor of Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz in California.

Education[]

Dent received her B. A. in Comparative Literature from University of California, Berkeley,[1] her M.A.and Ph.D. in English & Comparative Literature from Columbia University.[2][3]

Career[]

Dent is currently an associate professor of feminist studies, history of consciousness, and legal studies in the humanities division at the University of California, Santa Cruz.[4][3] Her research interests include Africana studies, legal theory, and popular culture.[3] She is the editor of Black Popular Culture (1992).[4] This collection was named a Village Voice Best Book of the Year.[5] In 2011, Dent served in a delegation to Palestine, and she advocates for human rights in the region.[6][7] She is sought-after internationally as a speaker and educator on Black Feminism and abolitionism.[8][9][10][11] She has two forthcoming books, Prison as a Border and Other Essays, and Anchored to the Real: Black Literature in the Wake of Anthropology, which will be published by Duke University Press.[12][13][14]

Personal life[]

Dent lives with her life partner, feminist scholar Angela Y. Davis.

Bibliographically[3][]

  • Editor, Black Popular Culture. Seattle: Bay Press, 1992; New York: New Press, 1999.
  • “Michael Joo,” in Elaine Kim and Margo Machida, eds., Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Asian American Issues in the Contemporary Visual Arts. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2003
  • Co-author with mentor Angela Y. Davis,[1] “Prison as a Border: A Conversation on Gender, Globalization and Punishment,” Signs: Journal of Women and Culture Vol. 26 No. 4; Summer, 2001.
  • “A New York Story,” catalogue essay for the exhibition Inclusion/Exclusion. Graz, Austria. 1997.
  • “Rita Dove” and “Jamaica Kincaid” (literary biographies) in Jack Salzman, David Lionel Smith, and Cornel West, Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History New York: Macmillan Library Reference. 1996.
  • “Missionary Position” in Rebecca Walker, ed., To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism. New York: Anchor/Doubleday. 1995.
  • “Race and Racism: A Symposium,” Social Text. Vol. 42. Spring, 1995

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Gina Dent". ppfp.ucop.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  2. ^ "CJTC — Steering Committee". cjtc.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  3. ^ a b c d "Politics: Gina Dent". politics.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  4. ^ a b "People | Gina Dent | The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University". heymancenter.org. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  5. ^ "Black Popular Culture". The New Press. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  6. ^ "Angela Davis and Gina Dent to Discuss Palestine". The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News. 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
  7. ^ "Black Popular Culture".
  8. ^ Aydemir, Murat (2018-04-13). "Gina Dent: The Idea of Africa". Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA). Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  9. ^ "Gina Dent". The European Graduate School. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  10. ^ "PUBLIC LECTURE with Professor Gina Dent | IRAAS Institute for Research in African-American Studies". iraas.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  11. ^ Sep 16, Publicado por Periodismo Público |; Bogotá | 0, 2010 | (2010-09-16). "Destacadas activistas feministas visitaron Cárcel Distrital | | Periodismo Público". periodismopublico.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-07-27.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "People | Gina Dent | The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University". heymancenter.org. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  13. ^ "Gina Dent - The European Graduate School". egs.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  14. ^ "PUBLIC LECTURE with Professor Gina Dent | IRAAS Institute for Research in African-American Studies". iraas.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-12.


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