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Vivian M. May is a Professor in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at Syracuse University, affiliated with the Humanities Center and LGBTQ Studies. Her work focuses on Black feminist thought, intersectionality, and African American literature. She holds a Ph.D. from Emory University (1997) and a B.A. from McGill University (1991).
Her research interrogates archival silences, Black feminist intellectual history, and the intersections of race, gender, and power. Notable works include Pursuing Intersectionality, Unsettling Dominant Imaginaries (2015) and Anna Julia Cooper, Visionary Black Feminist (2007). Recent scholarship critiques erasures in intersectionality discourse and amplifies marginalized voices in global intellectual frameworks.
- Director of the Humanities Center since 2015
- Recipient of the Mellon Foundation-funded Central New York Humanities Corridor grant (2015–2021)
- Keynote speaker at Sorbonne University (2025) and panels on Black feminist methodologies
May advocates for interdisciplinary collaboration and public humanities, co-organizing initiatives like the National Women’s History Museum’s Black Feminist DC exhibit (2022–2024). Her service includes leadership roles in Syracuse’s College of Arts & Sciences strategic planning and national review committees for grants like the NEH Summer Stipend.
