Kesho Y. Scott


Kesho Yvonne Scott is associate professor of American studies and sociology at Grinnell College. Scott's interests include black women in America, multiculturalism, and unlearning racism.
She is the first African-American woman to receive tenure at Grinnell.

Early life and education

Scott received her BA from Wayne State University. Scott received her M.A. in political sociology at the University of Detroit and received her Ph.D. in American studies from the University of Iowa in 1988.

Career

After receiving her doctoral degree she became Distinguished American Studies Scholar in Residence at Pennsylvania State University in Harrisburg, visiting professor at Nanjing University in China, and Fulbright visiting professor at Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia.
Scott has been a faculty member for Semester at Sea and has been a trainer and consultant for the program. Scott has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, the Sonya Live show, the Last Call show, and on TBS's Family of Women show hosted by Jane Fonda.
On January 21, 2017, Scott spoke at the Women's March in Des Moines, Iowa.

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