Mireille Miller-Young

Education:

B.A., Emory University, History and African American Studies; M.A., New York University, History; Ph.D., New York University, History – 20 th Century U.S. and African Diaspora

Dissertation:

“A Taste for Brown Sugar: The History of Black Women in Pornography, 1880s to the Present”

Thesis Advisor:

Robin D. G. Kelley, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University

Research Topic:

“Brown Sugar: Black Women Negotiate Representation and Work in the American Pornography Industry”

Mentor:

Anna Everett, Professor of Film and Black Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Current Position:

Associate Professor, Department of Feminist Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara