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Mar 6, 2024 · Dear University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias communities, I share with you the sad news of the passing of distinguished University of Maine alumna Patricia M. Collins. Collins, who was 96, died on March 5, 2024. She served as an active member of the UMaine and University of Maine System community for more than 75 years.
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Patricia Hill Collins, a distinguished sociologist whose authorship of Black Feminist Thought (1990) helped kickstart the rise of intersectionality as a force in politics and society, has won the 2023 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture, the Prize Jury announced today. The $1 million award is given annually to thinkers whose ideas have ...
Oct 23, 2023 · Collins returned to Brandeis for her Ph.D. in sociology. In another first, when Collins became the 100 th president of the American Sociological Association, she was the first Black woman to hold ...
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Patricia M. Collins (April 14, 1927 - March 5, 2024) was an American civic leader and politician who served as the mayor of Caribou, Maine from 1981 to 1982. She has chaired numerous local and state boards and organizations, including the Caribou School Board, the Maine Committee for Judicial Responsibility and Disability, Catholic Charities Maine, and the University of Maine Board of Trustees.
Oct 23, 2023 · In her landmark book Black Feminist Thought (1990), Dr. Collins gave voice to the long-ignored intellectual traditions of US Black women. This exploration of race, class, and gender as mutually constructed systems of power helped pave the way for the development of the now widely recognized framework of “intersectionality.”.
Mar 5, 2024 · Collins’ son, Sam, chaired the UMS Board of Trustees from 2013-2017 and Sen. Collins has been a champion for the System in Congress. “I knew and admired Pat Collins as a trailblazer who broke glass ceilings for women, raising six children while leading in the community and continuing her own postsecondary education,” said UMS Board of ...
Nov 21, 2023 · Patricia Hill Collins, sociologist: ‘Intellectuals have done a good job of saying the world is awful, and young people are dispirited’ The American thinker and academic, winner of this year’s prestigious Berggruen Prize, maintains that the cultural and academic elite must leave their comfort zone and listen to the new generations
