Author and TV pundit formerly known as Melissa Harris-Lacewell.
[1] White mother, African-American father. "I've never thought of myself as biracial," Harris-Lacewell says. "I'm black."
Father: William M. Harris, Sr.
Mother: Diana Gray
Husband: Dennis Lacewell (m. 1999, div. 2005)
Daughter: Parker Lacewell (b. 2002)
Husband: James Perry (New Orleans-based political activist, m. 3-Oct-2010)
High School: Thomas Dale High School, Chester, VA
University: BA English, Wake Forest University (1994)
University: MA Political Science, Duke University (1997)
University: PhD Political Science, Duke University (1999)
Professor: Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago (1999-2005)
Professor: Adjunct Professor of Political Science, North Carolina Central University (1996-98)
Professor: Visiting Professor, Meadville Lombard Theological School (2005)
Theological: Catholic Theological Union (2005)
Fellow: Visiting Fellow in African American Studies, Princeton University (2005)
Theological: Union Theological Seminary
Professor: Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University (2006-10)
Professor: Professor of Political Science, Tulane University (2011-)
The Nation Columnist, "Sister Citizen"
American Political Science Association 1997
American Sociological Association 2004
Center for Peace and Justice
Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
Center for the Study of Religion
Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding
Opportunity Agenda
People for the American Way Center for American Values
Phi Beta Kappa Society 1994
Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society 1998
Sigma Tau Delta 1993
TELEVISION
Countdown
The Rachel Maddow Show
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Girls Trip (21-Jul-2017)
Official Website:
http://www.melissaharrisperry.com/
Author of books:
Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought (2004)
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America (2011)