معرفی
Nicole Dezrea Jenkins, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology & Criminology at Howard University and a Visiting Professor at Harvard University. As a qualitative urban ethnographer, she employs intersectional and critical feminist frameworks to investigate race, gender, labor, migration, and Black placemaking, with a focus on natural hair discrimination.
- Education:
- Ph.D., M.A., B.A. in Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- A.A. in Criminal Justice, Community College of the Air Force
- Research Interests:
- Intersectional analysis of Black women's identity-making
- Global dimensions of natural hair discrimination
- Ethnographic methods in urban contexts
- Linking hair care to psychological and social justice
- Using AI for multilingual qualitative analysis
- Scientific Awards:
- FAS Visiting Professorship, Harvard University (2024–2025)
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Howard University (2023)
- SICSS-Howard/Mathematica Excellence in Computational Social Science Research Fund (2024, 2022)
- Grants & Projects:
- National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant for CROWNed book project
- Global CROWNS Research Project (AI-driven multilingual study of natural hair discrimination)
- Public Scholarship:
- Co-Chair, Howard University initiative to increase Black male enrollment
- World Afro Day™ Ambassador (2025)
- Certified Psychohairapist blending mental health with Black hair care
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