Ivy Ken
Ivy Ken
Associate Professor of Sociology, WGSS and TSPPPA
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801 22nd St NW
Washington, DC 20052
Ivy Ken is a sociologist who studies intersectionality and labor inequalities. Her recent work on necropolitical practices in the meatpacking industry is supported by the GW Equity Institute Initiative. Professor Ken’s scholarship is grounded in the Memphis School, whose work on intersectionality centers the structural locations of women of color. Along with Allison Suppan Helmuth, Professor Ken received the 2022 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship from the Race, Gender, and Class Section of the ASA.
Professor Ken regularly teaches contemporary theory and a graduate seminar on race, gender, and class. She is a recipient of GW’s Bender Teaching Award and the Robert W. Kenny Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
Ivy Ken holds appointments in the Department of Sociology; Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration; Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program; and an affiliation with the Africana Studies Program and the Food and Health Policy Institute at GW.
Family
Knitting
Quilting
Gardening
Community
Intersectionality
Social Justice
Gender, Race, and Class
Labor
Social Theory
Meatpacking Workers
School Food
State-Corporate Power
SOC 6239 - Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOC/WGSS 6268 - Race, Gender, and Class
PhD, University of Georgia, 1999
Certificate in Women's Studies, University of Georgia, 1996