Gina Dent

Gina Dent
Education	UC Berkeley Columbia University
Occupation	Academic
Employer	UC Santa Cruz
Partner	Angela Y. Davis

Gina Dent is an American associate professor of Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz. She is associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Humanities Division at UC Santa Cruz. ^[1] She co-authored the 2022 book Abolition. Feminism. Now. with her partner, Angela Davis; Erica Meiners; and Beth Richie.

Education

Dent received her B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley, ^[2] and her M.A. and Ph.D. in English & Comparative Literature from Columbia University. ^{[3] [4]}

Career

Dent is currently^{[ when? ]} an associate professor of feminist studies, history of consciousness, and legal studies in the humanities division at the University of California, Santa Cruz. ^{[5] [4]} In 2019, she received a Dizikes Award for teaching. ^[6]

Her research interests include Africana studies, legal theory, and popular culture. ^[4] She is the editor of Black Popular Culture (1992). ^[5] This collection was named a Village Voice Best Book of the Year. ^[7] In 2011, Dent served in a delegation to Palestine, and she advocates for human rights in the region. ^{[8] [9]} She is sought-after internationally as a speaker and educator on Black Feminism and abolitionism. ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

She has two forthcoming^{[ when? ]} books, Prison as a Border and Other Essays and Anchored to the Real: Black Literature in the Wake of Anthropology, which will be published by Duke University Press. ^{[14] [15] [16]} Dent co authored the 2022 book Abolition. Feminism. Now. with Angela Davis, Erica Meiners, and Beth Richie, which argues for a prison abolitionist vision of feminism. ^{[17] [18] [19] [20]}

Personal life

As of 2020 ^[update] , Dent was living with her partner, feminist scholar and activist Angela Y. Davis. ^{[21] [22]} Together, they have advocated for the abolition of police and prisons, using the concept of abolition feminism. ^[23]

Bibliography

Source: ^[4]

• Editor, Black Popular Culture. Seattle: Bay Press, 1992; New York: New Press, 1999. ISBN   9780941920247 ^[24]
• "Michael Joo," in Elaine Kim and Margo Machida, eds., Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Asian American Issues in the Contemporary Visual Arts. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2003
• Co-author with mentor Angela Y. Davis, ^[2] "Prison as a Border: A Conversation on Gender, Globalization and Punishment", Signs: Journal of Women and Culture, Vol. 26 No. 4; Summer, 2001.
• "A New York Story", catalogue essay for the exhibition Inclusion/Exclusion. Graz, Austria. 1997.
• Jack Salzman, David Lionel Smith, and Cornel West, (eds) "Rita Dove" and "Jamaica Kincaid" (literary biographies) in Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History, New York: Macmillan Library Reference. 1996.
• "Missionary Position" in Rebecca Walker, ed., To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism. New York: Anchor/Doubleday. 1995.
• "Race and Racism: A Symposium", Social Text. Vol. 42. Spring, 1995
• Davis, Angela Y. (2022). Abolition. Feminism. Now. Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, Beth Richie. Chicago, Illinois. ISBN   978-1-64259-396-9. OCLC   1144102232.

References

1. White, Dan. "Humanities Division welcomes two new associate deans". UC Santa Cruz News. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
2. "Gina Dent". ppfp.ucop.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
3. "CJTC — Steering Committee". cjtc.ucsc.edu. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
4. "Politics: Gina Dent". politics.ucsc.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
5. "People | Gina Dent | The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University". heymancenter.org. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
6. Rappaport, Scott. "Feminist studies professor Gina Dent receives Dizikes Award for teaching in Humanities". UC Santa Cruz News. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
7. "Black Popular Culture". The New Press. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
8. "Angela Davis and Gina Dent to Discuss Palestine". The Vineyard Gazette - Martha's Vineyard News. August 16, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
9. "Black Popular Culture". The New Press.
10. Aydemir, Murat (April 13, 2018). "Gina Dent: The Idea of Africa". Netherlands Institute for Cultural Analysis (NICA). Retrieved July 27, 2020.
11. "Gina Dent". The European Graduate School. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
12. "Public Lecture with Professor Gina Dent". iraas.columbia.edu. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
13. "Destacadas activistas feministas visitaron Cárcel Distrital". periodismopublico.com (in Spanish). Periodismo Público. September 16, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
14. "People | Gina Dent | The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University". heymancenter.org. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
15. "Gina Dent - The European Graduate School". egs.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
16. "PUBLIC LECTURE with Professor Gina Dent | IRAAS Institute for Research in African-American Studies". iraas.columbia.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
17. Phifer, Hanna (January 14, 2022). "For Angela Davis and Gina Dent, Abolition Is the Only Way". Harper's BAZAAR. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
18. "Why Policing and Prisons Can't End Gender Violence - Boston Review". Boston Review. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
19. "Long and Variegated Struggles: On "Abolition. Feminism. Now."". Los Angeles Review of Books. June 28, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
20. "What Is Abolition Feminism and Why Do We Need It Now?". Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly. July 21, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
21. George, Nelson (October 19, 2020). "Angela Davis Still Believes America Can Change". The New York Times .
22. "Black History Month • Angela Davis | Know the Past • Shape the Future". WBBJ TV. February 20, 2023. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
23. Constantino, Annika (October 28, 2020). "Angela Davis, Gina Dent discuss abolition as 'a politic and a practice'". The Daily Californian. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
24. Book Review: Black Popular Culture | WorldCat.org. OCLC   5552677262.