Cheryl Townsend Gilkes
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes | |
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| Occupation(s) | John D. MacArthur and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies at Colby College & assistant pastor for special projects at Union Baptist Church |
| Known for | womanist theology |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Northeastern University (BA, MA, Ph.D) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociology & African-American Studies |
| Notable works | If It Wasn't for the Women: Black Women's Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community. |
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (born 1947) is an American sociologist, womanist scholar, college professor, and ordained Baptist minister.
Biography[edit]
Cheryl Townsend was born on November 2, 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of Murray Luke Townsend, Jr. and Evelyn Townsend (née Reid). In 1968, she married Carlton I. Gikes. They were married for three years and divorced in 1971.[1]
Gilkes earned three degrees in sociology from Northeastern University, in Boston. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1970, a Master of Arts in 1973, and then earned her Ph.D. in 1979. From 1978 to 1987, she taught sociology at Boston University as an assistant professor. From 1981 to 1982, she was a research assistant at the Women's Studies in Religion Program at Harvard University.[1][2]
In 1987, she joined the faculty at Colby College, where she is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies.[3] She also heads the African American Studies program.[4]
An ordained minister, Gilkes serves as the assistant pastor for special projects at Union Baptist Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[1]
Works[edit]
- If It Wasn't for the Women: Black Women's Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community. Orbis Books, 2001.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Gilkes, Cheryl Townsend 1947- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "Cheryl Townsend Gilkes". wsrp.hds.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "REV. DR. CHERYL TOWNSEND GILKES #BlackChurchHERSTORY". .base - Black Theology Project. 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ "The Souls of Black Folk (Mass Market) | Politics and Prose Bookstore". www.politics-prose.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ Gilkes, Cheryl (2001). If it Wasn't for the Women--: Black Women's Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community. Orbis Books. ISBN 978-1-57075-343-5.
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- 1947 births
- People from Boston
- African-American Baptist ministers
- African-American women academics
- American sociologists
- African-American sociologists
- American women sociologists
- American women academics
- 21st-century African-American academics
- 21st-century American academics
- Northeastern University alumni
- Colby College faculty
- Living people
- 20th-century African-American academics
- 20th-century American academics
- 20th-century African-American women
- 21st-century African-American women