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2022 Woman of Power
We are pleased to announce the recipient of our 2022 Woman of Power Award, Duchess Harris, Ph.D., J.D. Harris is a professor of American Studies at Macalester College, author of “Black Feminist Politics from Kennedy to Trump” and co-editor with Bruce D. Baum of “Racially Writing the Republic: Racists, Race Rebels, and Transformations of American Identity.”
Professor Duchess Harris began teaching at Macalester College as an instructor and a visiting assistant professor in 1994, teaching courses in women’s and gender studies. In 1998 she joined the tenure-track faculty in political science and African American studies and was tenured in 2004, In 2007 she attended law school to expand the scope of her scholarship, and in 2008, she was the only law student in the country chosen to be an Associate Editor for Litigation News, the American Bar Association Section’s quarterly flagship publication.
In 2009, she won a fellowship from the Bush Leadership Program, and in 2010, she became the first Editor-in-Chief of Law Raza Journal, an interactive online race and the law journal. She earned a Juris Doctorate in 2011, and was promoted to full professor at Macalester in 2013. Dr. Harris was also a founding member of the American Studies department and served as chair for eight years, including as its inaugural chair.
Harris has advocated on the national level at the Congressional Black Caucus. Locally, she was appointed as a Minneapolis Civil Rights Commissioner by Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton, appointed to the Governor’s Council on Black Minnesotans by Governor Jesse Ventura, appointed to Co-Chair the Statewide Martin Luther King Holiday (twice) by Governor Mark Dayton, and appointed to the Board of Public Defense by Governor Tim Walz.
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