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Karida L. Brown is a Professor of Sociology at Emory University, with affiliations in the Department of Sociology and the Emory College of Arts and Sciences. She holds a PhD from Brown University and has held academic appointments at UCLA, Fisk University, and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on historical and cultural sociology, with emphases on race, racialization, and the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois. She has authored award-winning books including *Gone Home: Race and Roots through Appalachia* and co-authored *The Sociology of W.E.B. Du Bois*.
Education includes a PhD in Sociology (Brown University, 2016), MPA in Government (University of Pennsylvania, 2009), and BBA in Risk Management (Temple University, 2004). She has received grants from the William T. Grant Foundation, Ford Foundation, and Mellon Foundation, among others.
Her work bridges academia and public scholarship, including curating exhibitions like *Gone Home* and co-editing *The New Brownies Book: A Love Letter to Black Families*, which won a 2024 NAACP Image Award. Awards include the ASA Best Dissertation Award (2017) and Cox Book Award (2019). She advises graduate students in sociology and African American studies and serves on editorial boards for journals like *Southern Cultures* and *Ethnic and Racial Studies*.
