Susana Morris

Experience

Susana Morris is a former writer for ThoughtCo specializing in women's issues, sociology, and gender studies. Susana co-founded the Crunk Feminist Collective (CFC) and is a contributing writer on the CFC blog. Her background includes working as an instructor at Spelman College, as an associate professor at Auburn University, and an associate professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Susana created and managed the DupageDemocrats.com website to speak to women's issues in the local political arena.

Susana's work features in republication on NPR, HuffPost Live, and in Colorlines and Essence Magazines. She contributes to Gawker.com, Cosmopolitan.com, Ebony.com, and the CFC blog. Further, her work appears in several academic journals including Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, South Atlantic Quarterly, and The Women’s Studies Quarterly. She won the 2011 Award for Outstanding Teaching and Research in Women's Studies from Auburn University. Susana is a published author.

Education

Susana Morris earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in English from Emory University. She also holds a Bachelor Arts (B.A.) in English from Mount Holyoke College.

Awards and Publications

• Co-wrote 2011 Award for Outstanding Teaching and Research in Women's Studies, Auburn University
• The Crunk Feminist Collection (The Feminist Press at CUNY, 2017)
• The Disturbing Truth About the Republican Speeches on Safety (Cosmopolitan.com, 2016)
  Black Children Must Comply (Gawker.com, 2015)
• Close Kin and Distant Relatives: The Paradox of Respectability in Black Women's Literature (University of Virginia Press, 2014)
• When You're the One (CrunkFeministCollective.com, 2014)
• Black Women: Still Trapped By the Pay Gap (Ebony.com, 2014)

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