C. Nicole Mason

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C. Nicole Mason
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Born1976 (age 48–49)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education Howard University (BA)
University of Maryland, College Park (MA, PhD)
Employer Future Forward Women at the New York Women's Foundation
Known forIntersectional Research and Public Policy Analysis, Poverty Alleviation, Feminist Activism
Board member ofAll Our Kin, Jeremiah Program, Delores Barr Weaver Center, Invisible Americans Podcast

C. Nicole Mason (born 1976, Los Angeles, California) [1] is an American author, columnist and researcher. She is the founding director of Future Foward Women, a legislative exchange and policy network at the New York Women's Foundation; [2] [3] and formerly a lecturer in the women's studies department at Georgetown University. [4]

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Her research work focuses on the impact of the intersections of race, class, and gender. [5] At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, she coined the term ‘Shecession’ to describe the unbalanced impact of the employment and income losses on women. [6] [7] [8] [9]

In 2016, she authored Born Bright: A Young Girl’s Journey from Nothing to Something in America, a book chronicling her childhood in California to her acceptance at Howard University. [10] Mason was named as one of the 'World's 50 Greatest Leaders' by Fortune. [11]

Early life and education

Mason was born in Los Angeles, California. She was raised by a single mother and experienced episodic homelessness. [12] She attended Head Start as a child and benefited from many social safety net programs.[ citation needed ]

She is the first in her family to graduate high school and college. [12]

Mason earned her Ph.D. and master’s in government and politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her specializations are women, public policy and political philosophy. She is the first Black woman to specialize in political philosophy in the program’s history. Political scientist Linda Faye Williams served as her dissertation chair. She also earned a women’s studies Certificate from the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies [13] under sociologist Bonnie Thornton Dill and transnational feminist Seung-kyung Kim. [14]

Personal life

As of 2025, Mason lives in New York and Maryland. She has two children. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mason, C. Nicole, 1976". id.loc.gov. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  2. ↑ admin. "Future Forward Women". Welcome. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  3. ↑ "About C. Nicole Mason, Ph.D." Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  4. ↑ "I felt like I had to go part-time when my kids were young..."
  5. ↑ "SEEN's 4th Annual Women's Issue: Dr. C. Nicole Mason, President and CEO of the Institute of Women's Policy Research". May 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Why Some Women Call This Recession a 'Shecession'". The New York Times . Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Facing dual challenges of work and home-schooling, more women are sacrificing their careers". NBC News . October 5, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Gender pay gap within the White House worse than the national average: report" . Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  9. ↑ "COVID-19 recession hit women especially hard. We need bold policies to promote equality". USA Today . Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Born Bright: A Young Girl's Journey from Nothing to Something in America" . Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  11. ↑ "World's 50 Greatest Leaders – C. Nicole Mason" . Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  12. 1 2 Mason, C. Nicole (2016). Born Bright: A Young Girl's Journey from Nothing to Something in America (1st ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN   978-1-250-06992-4.
  13. ↑ "Home | The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies". wgss.umd.edu. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Seung-kyung Kim: People: East Asian Languages and Cultures: Indiana University Bloomington". East Asian Languages and Cultures. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  15. ↑ Mason, C. Nicole. "About Nicole". iamcnicolemason.com. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
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