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Karyn Lacy

MLK Visiting Professor 1999-2000 PhD candidate, Department of Sociology, Harvard University
The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific and religious freedom have always been in the minority… It will take such a small committed minority to work unrelentingly to win the uncommitted majority. Such a group may transform America’s greatest dilemma into her most glorious opportunity.
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Background

Karyn Lacy is a PhD candidate in sociology at Harvard, studying the suburbanization of middle-class Black Americans. Lacy earned a BA in urban studies and Black studies (1987) from Oberlin College. She holds MA degrees in African-American studies (1991) and sociology (1993) from Temple University.

Interests

Lacy’s research interests include urbanization, sociology, African American studies, race and ethnicity, and the black middle-class. As an MLK visiting professor, Lacy was hosted by the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), where she taught a course on suburban America.

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