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Author Description <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/302653.Alondra_Nelson" title="Alondra Nelson" rel="nofollow noopener">Alondra Nelson</a> is professor of sociology at Columbia University, where she has served as the inaugural Dean of Social Science and director of the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Before arriving at Columbia, she was on the faculty of Yale University and received the Poorvu Award for interdisciplinary teaching excellence.<br /><br />She is the author or editor of four books, including <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11296327.Body_and_Soul__The_Black_Panther_Party_and_the_Fight_Against_Medical_Discrimination" title="Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination" rel="nofollow noopener">Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination</a>, for which she was recognized with the Mirra Komarovsky award as well as several other prizes. Her most recent book is <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25387544.The_Social_Life_of_DNA__Race__Reparations__and_Reconciliation_after_the_Genome" title="The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation after the Genome" rel="nofollow noopener">The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation after the Genome</a>. She is also an editor of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12465769.Genetics_and_the_Unsettled_Past_The_Collision_of_DNA_Race_and_History" title="Genetics and the Unsettled Past The Collision of DNA Race and History" rel="nofollow noopener">Genetics and the Unsettled Past The Collision of DNA Race and History</a>; <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6493208.Technicolor__Race_Technology_and_Everyday_Life" title="Technicolor: Race Technology and Everyday Life" rel="nofollow noopener">Technicolor: Race Technology and Everyday Life</a>; and "Afrofuturism" (a special issue of <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1087137.Social_Text" title="Social Text" rel="nofollow noopener">Social Text</a>).<br /><br />Her essays, reviews, and commentary have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Science, and the Boston Globe, among other publications. For more information, please see <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="http://www.alondranelson.com">www.alondranelson.com</a>. You can follow <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/302653.Alondra" title="Alondra" rel="nofollow noopener">Alondra</a> on <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/alondra" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter</a>.

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