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Tressie McMillan Cottom

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American writer, sociologist, and professor

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Tressie McMillan Cottom is an American writer, sociologist, and professor. She is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and an affiliate of the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) at UNC-Chapel Hill.

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North Carolina Central University, where McMillan Cottom earned her BANorth Carolina Central University, where McMillan Cottom earned her BA

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2023Gittler Prize
2020Public Understanding of Sociology Award
2020MacArthur Fellows Program

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Tressie McMillan Cottom is an American writer, sociologist, and professor. She is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science (SILS) and an affiliate of the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is also an opinion columnist at The New York Times.

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