ANGELA DAVIS
Women and Gender Studies – Angela Davis
As Professor Emerita at the University of California (UC) Santa Cruz, Dr. Angela Davis' appointment to the UC Presidential Chair in African American and Feminist Studies places her as one of the foremost experts in this field. Davis' theory advocating the abolition of American prisons arises from her decades, stance as a member of the American Communist Party aligned with women, racial, and prisoners' rights. As a feminist thinker, according to Mendieta, Davis' views provide "some of the most transformative and enduring texts of the last quarter of a century." At the same time, during ...