Kim Crenshaw

Kimberlé Crenshaw is Executive Director of the African American Policy Forum and professor of law at UCLA and Columbia law schools. She writes in the area of civil rights, Black feminist legal theory, and race, racism and the law. She is the founding coordinator of the Critical Race Theory Workshop, and the co-editor of a volume, Critical Race Theory: Key Documents That Shaped the Movement.

Professor Crenshaw has lectured nationally and internationally on race matters and on “intersectionality,” a concept she coined to capture the multidimensional dynamics of discrimination. Her work was cited in the drafting of the South African constitution.

Crenshaw has lectured throughout the world, addressing audiences in Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia. In 1996, she co-founded the African American Policy Forum (AAPF) to highlight the centrality of gender and structural inequality in racial justice discourses.

Professor Crenshaw has held the Fulbright Distinguished Chair for Latin America and the Fletcher Fellowship. She is currently a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Sciences.