Zinga Fraser
Assistant Professor and Director of Shirley Chisholm Project
Africana Studies
Location: 3107b James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x1722
Fax: 718.951.4707
Email:
Director of Shirley Chisholm Project on Brooklyn Women's Activism
Education:
Ph.D., Northwestern University - 2014 (African American Studies )
Areas of Expertise:
African American politics, Black women's history, feminism, feminist theory, and African American social movements
Books and Publications
"Beyond the Symbolism: Shirley Chisholm, Black Feminism and Women's Politics." In edited volume Beyond the Minority Plank: Black Feminism and the 1977 National Women's Conference. Forthcoming. (Invited contribution, University of Massachusetts Press in revision). 2019 -2020. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019
"Concord Baptist Church and Site for Chisholm's Presidential Announcement." The People's Guide to NYC. University of California Press. Forthcoming. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2019
Sister Insider/ Sister Outsider: Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan. Black Women's Politics in the Post-Civil Rights Era. Forthcoming. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2019
Sister Insider/ Sister Outsider: Shirley Chisholm and Barbara Jordan. Black Women's Politics in the Post Civil Rights Era. Forthcoming. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2018
"Call Me Madame President: Shirley Chisholm, Feminism and Presidential Campaign." In edited volume Beyond the Minority Plank: Black Feminism and the 1977 National Women's Conference. Forthcoming. (Books and Publications: Book (Edited)) 2017
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
American Association of University Women Postdoctoral Fellow. (Awards and Honors) 2018
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Invited keynote speaker, "Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc." Erie Alumnae Chapter 12th Annual Social Action Luncheon. April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
Moderator, "From Theory to Praxis Black Studies Beyond the Academy Roundtable." Free to Be Anywhere in the Universe IRAAS 25th Conference. Columbia University, April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
Panelist, "Reimagining Freedom - Chisholm and Jordan Black Feminist histories." Free to Be Anywhere in the Universe IRAAS 25th Conference. Columbia University, April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
Panelist, "Integrating Gender, Class, Race, Sexuality into the Social Studies/History Curriculum" roundtable. Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders and Sexualities. Hempstead, NY, June. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"Race, Gender and the Politics of the White House." Women's History Graduate Symposium. Women's Studies, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
"Women who Made New York: Shirley Chisholm's Legacy." Tenement Museum, New York, NY. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
Invited keynote plenary speaker. "Beyond Left and Right: 'What Is Women's Politics?'" Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
Keynote speaker. "Shirley Chisholm, Transnationalism and the Redefinition of Women's Politics." Brooklyn Historical Society. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
Community Activities
Keynote speaker, Black History Month Program, Black Women's Activism and the Re-imagining of American Democracy, US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission- New York Division. February. 2019
Other Professional Activities
Interview, "Unbought and Unbossed: Shirley Chisholm blazed multiple trails." USA Today. 2018
Video interview, "Braids: A Black American Hair Documentary." Elle magazine. Hearst Publication. 2018
Video interview, "Shirley Chisholm's Legacy." Buzz Feed News: AM2DM. 2018
