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Ange-Marie AlfaroDean's Professor of Gender Studies and Professor of Political Science and Gender StudiesContact Information E-mail: ahancock@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-6998 Office: VKC 327 LINKS Curriculum Vitae |
Biographical Sketch |
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Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro is Professor and Chair of Gender Studies at the University of Southern California and a globally recognized scholar of intersectionality theory, the world's leading analytical framework for analyzing and resolving inequality. She has written numerous articles and three books on the intersections of categories of difference like race, gender, class, sexuality and citizenship and their impact on policy: the award-winning The Politics of Disgust and the Public Identity of the “Welfare Queen,” (2004), Solidarity Politics for Millennials: A Guide to Ending the Oppression Olympics (2011) and Intersectionality: An Intellectual History (2016). The applied forms of her research focus on diverse donors in philanthropy, partnerships between funders and nonprofits for social change, and cross-sector training of leaders to implement intersectionality.
In 1993, under the mentorship of NBA Hall of Famer Tom “Satch” Sanders, Hancock Alfaro conducted the original survey research and designed the business model for the Women’s National Basketball Association. The only women’s professional basketball league to succeed in the United States, the WNBA began its 21st season in May 2017. Her recent collaborative work includes service on the Board of the Liberty Hill Foundation and work with both Hispanas Organized for Political Empowerment (HOPE) and the Los Angeles African American Women’s Public Policy Institute (LAAAWPPI). She sits on four boards: the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California (ACLU SoCal), Community Partners, LAAWPPI, and Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Political Empowerment (SCOPE-LA). Her current work includes new research projects on asylum requests for survivors of domestic violence, empirical applications of intersectionality, and the free speech-hate speech debate. |
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Education |
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 Ph.D. Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000
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M.A. Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997
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B.A. Politics, New York University, 1991
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Southern California, 08/2008-
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Assistant Professor, African American Studies & Political Science, Yale University, 07/2003-06/2008
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Assistant Professor, Political Science & Women's Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 07/2002-06/2003
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Assistant Professor, Dept. of Politics, University of San Francisco, 08/1999-06/2002
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Description of Research |
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Research Keywords |
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| American Politics Political Theory Public Policy Race/Ethnic Politics Gender Politics Intersectionality | |
Research Specialties |
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| American Politics, Political Theory, Public Policy Race/Ethnic Politics, Gender Politics, Intersectionality | |
Funded Research |
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USC Funding |
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College 2020. Taking the Next Step: Enhancing Graduate Education & Scholarship on Immigrant Integration: This project seeks to elevate USC to become the premier educational institution for the interdisciplinary study of immigrant integration & incorporation under the aegis of CSII., $300,000, 2011-2012
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New Directions in Feminist Research Directorship. The Pursuit of Intersectional Solidarity: This award provides funds for research and campus events that support the scholarship of the seminar director and faculty fellows, who were selected through a competitive process., $40,000, 2009-2010
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Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions |
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Center for Feminist Research, Faculty Affiliate, http://dornsife.usc.edu/cfr/
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Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, Associate Director, http://csii.usc.edu/
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Program for Environmental and Regional Equity, Faculty Affiliate, http://dornsife.usc.edu/pere/home/
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Shoah Foundation / Genocide Resistance Research Cluster, Faculty Affiliate, http://dornsife.usc.edu/2020-resistance/
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Conferences and Other Presentations |
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Conference Presentations |
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"Black Community Organizing in the Obama Era: The Case of Los Angeles", National Conference of Black Political Scientists, Roundtable/Panel, Refereed Paper, Las Vegas, NV, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 2011-2012
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"Intersectional Representation or Representing Intersectionality? Reshaping Empirical Analyses of Intersectionality", International Political Science Association Conference, Talk/Oral Presentation, Paper, Madrid, Spain, IPSA Research Group Women & Social Movements, Invited, 2011-2012
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"Large-N Intersectionality: Beyond the Parsimony vs. Complexity Debate", Western Political Science Association Conference, Roundtable/Panel, Refereed Paper, Portland, OR, WPSA, 2011-2012
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"Panel on Teaching Intersectionality", APSA Short Course on Women & Politics, Roundtable/Panel, Seattle, WA, APSA Women's Caucus, Invited, 2011-2012
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""Black Politics After Obama: Results from the Collaborative Multiracial Post-election Survey" ", Western Political Science Association, Roundtable/Panel, Refereed Paper, Vancouver, BC, Western Political Science Association, 2009-2010
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"Intersectionality Research Embracing Causal Complexity, Building Deep Political Solidarity", UCLA Critical Race Studies Symposium, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Abstract, UCLA Law School , UCLA Critical Race Studies Program, 2009-2010
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"Intersectionality to the Rescue", UCLA Critical Race Studies Symposium, Roundtable/Panel, Paper, UCLA Law School, UCLA Critical Race Studies Program, Invited, 2009-2010
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"APSA Theme Panel: Barack Obama and the Election of 2008", American Political Science Association, Roundtable/Panel, Refereed Paper, Boston, MA, 2008-2009
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"Intersectionality and the Oppression Olympics", APSA Short Course, Keynote Lecture, Paper, Boston, MA, APSA Women and Politics Section, Invited, 2008-2009
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"The Methods Café (Intersectionality Research)", American Political Science Association, Roundtable/Panel, Boston, MA, Interpretive Methods Section of APSA, Invited, 2008-2009
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"Intersectionality, the Oppression Olympics, and Black Women Academics", Black Women in the Academy, Roundtable/Panel, Abstract, New Brunswick NJ, Rutgers University, Invited, 03/04/2009-03/06/2009
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"Gender & Race in the 2008 Election", Masha Dexter Lecture, Roundtable/Panel, Paper, Providence, RI, Brown University Taubman Center for Public Policy, Invited, 10/19/2008-10/20/2008
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Other Research |
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Research Project on African American Philanthropy in Los Angeles for Liberty Hill Foundation, 2011-2012
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Publications |
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Book |
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Hancock, A.
(2011).
Solidarity Politics for Millennials: A Guide to Ending the Oppression Olympics. New York, NY: Palgrave-Macmillan.
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Hancock, A.
(2004).
The Politics of Disgust and the Public Identity of the "Welfare Queen". New York, NY: New York University Press.
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Book Chapter |
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Hancock, A.
(2012).
Intersectionality: Intellectual Property or Meme?.
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Hancock, A.
(2012).
Intersectional Representation or Representing Intersectionality? Reshaping Empirical Analyses of Intersectionality.
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Hancock, A. "An Intersectional Analysis of Masculinity in the Political Thought of Frederick Douglass.". A Political Companion to Frederick Douglass Washington, DC.
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Hancock, A.
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DuBois, Race and Diversity. pp. 86-101. London: Cambridge Companion to W.E.B. DuBois / Cambridge University Press.
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Hancock, A.
(2008).
Black Female Athletes. (Vol. 2). pp. 1-10. Westport, CT: African Americans and Popular Culture / Praeger Greenwood Press.
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Hancock, A.
(2005).
Overcoming Willful Blindness: Building Egalitarian Multicultural Women’s Coalitions. Greenwood Press: Female Circumcision and the Politics of Knowledge: African Women in Imperialist Discourses.
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Book Review |
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Hancock, A.
(2009).
Dangerous Frames. How Ideas About Race and Gender Shape Public Opinion. International Journal of Public Opinion.
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Hancock, A.
(2008).
Intersectionality, Multiple Messages and Complex Causality: Commentary on Black Sexual Politics by Patricia Hill Collins. Studies in Gender and Sexuality / Routledge. pp. 14-31.
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Journal Article |
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Hancock, A.
(2012).
Empirical Intersectionality: Two Approaches. University of California, Irvine Law Review.
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Hancock, A.
(2012).
Trayvon Martin, Intersectionality and the Politics of Disgust. Theory and Event. (15)
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Hancock, A.
(2011).
"Intersectionality, Empirical Research, and Social Justice". DuBois Review: Social Science Research on Race.
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Hancock, A.
(2009).
An Untraditional Intersectional Analysis of the 2008 Election. Politics and Gender / Cambridge University Press.
Vol. 5 (1), pp. 96-105.
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Hancock, A.
(2008).
Intersectionality as a Normative and Empirical Research Paradigm. Politics and Gender / Cambridge University Press. pp. 248-254.
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Hancock, A.
(2007).
When Multiplication Doesn’t Equal Quick Addition: Examining Intersectionality as a Research Paradigm. Perspectives on Politics / Cambridge University Press.
Vol. 5 (1), pp. 63-79.
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Unah, I., Hancock, A.
(2006).
Supreme Court Decision-Making, Subissue Salience and the Attitudinal Model. Law and Policy / Blackwell Publishing.
Vol. 28 (3), pp. 295-320.
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Hancock, A.
(2005).
W.E.B. DuBois: Intellectual Forefather of Intersectionality?. SOULS: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society / Taylor and Francis.
Vol. 7 (3-4), pp. 74-84.
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Hancock, A.
(2003).
Contemporary Welfare Reform and the Public Identity of the ‘Welfare Queen’. Race, Class & Gender.
Vol. 10 (1), pp. 31-59.
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Other |
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Hancock, Ange-Marie & Nira Yuval-Davis (Ed.).
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The Politics of Intersectionality. Palgrave-Macmillan.
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Hancock, Ange-Marie & Evelyn Simien (Ed.).
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Mini-Symposium: Intersectionality Research: New Directions for Scholarship in Political Science and its Applied Use Across Fields. Political Research Quarterly / Sage Publications.
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Hancock, A.
(2009).
Righting Feminism: Conservative Women and American Politics & Political Women and American Democracy. Perspectives on Politics / Cambridge University Press.
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Hancock, Ange-Marie & Evelyn Simien (Ed.).
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Intersectionality Symposium. Political Research Quarterly / SAGE.
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Hancock, Ange-Marie (Ed.).
(2005).
W.E.B. DuBois and the "Scientific" Study of Race. SOULS: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society / Taylor and Francis.
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Hancock, Ange-Marie & Karen Bouwer (Ed.).
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UBUNTU: Humane Solutions and Success Stories from Africa. Peace Review / Taylor and Francis.
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New Courses Developed |
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Film and Social Justice in Contemporary Los Angeles, FYI Seminar, "An Inconvenient Truth." "Waiting for Superman." "When the Levees Broke." "Crossing Arizona." All of these documentaries focus on issues of social justice that currently challenge the United States. Documentaries, however, are not the only media that examine issues of social justice – consider the films "Crash," "Follow Me Home," "Fight Club" and "Norma Rae," all feature films which focus on bringing matters of race, class, gender, and sexuality to the broader public. This FYI Seminar will examine the transformative power of film and new technology to push issues of justice onto the public agenda. Students will learn the method of visual ethnography as a tool of community empowerment and participatory action research. The 10-week seminar will include seminar discussions, visits from filmmakers and other guest speakers, a Visions and Voices event and a joint multimedia project, LA 2012, which will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the uprisings in Los Angeles., 2011-2012
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Honors and Awards |
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Best Book, National Conference of Black Political Scientists, 2006-2007
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Best First Book, APSA Organized Section on Race, Ethnicity & Politics , 2006-2007
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Service to the University |
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Administrative Appointments |
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Associate Director, 08/16/2010-08/15/2013
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New Directions in Feminist Research Seminar Director, 2009-2010
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Committees |
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Member, USC Government and Civic Engagement Faculty Advisory Committee, 08/15/2011-
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Member, University Strategic Planning Committee, 2011-2012
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Media, Alumni, and Community Relations |
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Local Media Expert: President Obama, 01/01/2010-
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Local Media Expert: Women & Politics, 01/01/2010-
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Panel Presentation to African American & Latino Leaders for Tomorrow, CA State Legislature, 2010-2011
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Other Service to the University |
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Meeting Facilitation: Provost's Leadership Retreat,
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2011
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Research Talk, Give to USC Campaign Kick-Off,
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2011
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Meeting Facilitation: Strategic Planning Committee Retreat,
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2011
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Service to the Profession |
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Committees |
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Member, Executive Council, American Political Science Association, 11/03/2011-11/02/2013
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Member, APSA Committee on the Status of Blacks, 09/01/2010-09/01/2013
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Conferences Organized |
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Lead Convener, PRIEC (Politics of Race, Immigration & Ethnicity Consortium), USC Tutor Center, Lead Convener with Jane Junn & Veronica Terriquez, 2011-2012
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Co-Chair, APSA Short Course on Intersectionality, Boston, MA, Co-Chair with S. Laurel Weldon and Georgia Duerst-Lahti, 2008-2009
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Editorships and Editorial Boards |
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Lead Editor, The Politics of Intersectionality, 09/01/2010-
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Co-Editor, Politics, Groups & Identities, 03/01/2011-03/01/2016
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Professional Offices |
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Executive Council Member, Western Political Science Association, 2009-2010
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Professional Memberships |
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American Political Science Association, 2009-2010
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Western Political Science Association, 2009-2010
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Media, Alumni, and Community Relations |
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Community Funding Board, Liberty Hill Foundation, -12/31/2011
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