The CEHHS’ Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will host the 2nd Annual CEHHS DEI Summit from April 10 through April 14, 2023. This year’s theme, At the Overlap: Intersectionality, will focus on how the multiple social identities of individuals within our community intersect to form unique experiences, challenges, and opportunities in addressing DEI efforts. Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and scholar, originally coined the term in her essay, speaking to the unique experiences of Black women at the intersections of gender and race.
CEHHS curated a list of resources about intersectionality as part of the 2023 CEHHS DEI Summit. These resources are available through the UT Library and online.
Defining Intersectionality
intersectionality noun
the complex, cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination (such as racism, sexism, and classism) combine, overlap, or intersect especially in the experiences of marginalized individuals or group (Merrian-Webster)
Voices on Intersectionality
The resources below feature voices speaking about intersectionality both through theory and through practice.
Intersectionality: An Intellectual History | E-Book – Ange-Marie Hancock
Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory | Physical Book – Patricia Hill Collins
The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities | Jennifer C. Nash & Samantha Pinto (Eds.)
Women, Race & Class | E-Book – Angela Y. Davis
Crying in H Mart | Memoirs – Michelle Zauner
Sister Outsider | Essays – Audre Lorde
The Tradition | Poetry – Jericho Brown
Illuminating Intersectionality | Video Series – Loud Speakers Network
Intersectionality | Documentary – Harry Van Buren
The Urgency of Intersectionality | Video – Kimberlé Crenshaw
A Primer on Intersectionality | Digital Primer – African American Policy Forum
Social Identity Wheel | Lesson Plan – University of Michigan
Understanding Intersectionality | Lesson Plan – Public Broadcasting Service
The House of Broken Angels | Physical Book – Luis Alberto Urrea
The House on Mango Street | Physical Book – Sandra Cisneros
Love From A to Z | Physical Book – S. K. Ali
Intersectionality in the American South | Podcast – Intersectionality in the American South
Intersectionality Matters! | Podcast – Kimberlé Crenshaw
Intersectionality Re-Rooted | Podcast Episode – Collected
Thriving in Intersectionality | Podcast – Lola Adeyemo
Curated April 2023 by Miranda N. Rutan, Doctoral Student, CEHHS DEI, UT Knoxville