Kia Lilly Caldwell

Kia Lilly Caldwell is Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity and Professor of African & African American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, with a courtesy appointment at the Brown School of Social Work. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and degrees from Princeton University. Her work focuses on gender and racial equity, intersectionality, and transnational Black feminisms, with research in Brazil and the U.S. focusing on health disparities, HIV/AIDS, and Black women's political engagement.

Education:

• Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
• M.A., University of Texas at Austin
• A.B., Princeton University

Research Interests:

• Transnational Black Feminisms
• Racial and Gender Equity in Health Policy
• Black Women's Political Activism in the Americas
• Intersectional Analysis of Social Determinants of Health

Her research bridges academic and public spheres, with publications in Revista Estudos Feministas, Social Science & Medicine, and Washington Post. She co-edited Engaging the African Diaspora in K-12 Education and authored Health Equity in Brazil: Intersections of Gender, Race, and Policy.

Grants & Leadership:

• $1M NSF TEAM ADVANCE Grant (Co-PI) at UNC-Chapel Hill
• Co-founder/Director of the African Diaspora Fellows Program
• Fellowships from Ford Foundation, Mellon Foundation, and NSF

Her current projects include an anthology on transnational Black feminisms and studies of Black women's electoral politics in the U.S. and Brazil.