Tressie McMillan Cottom: "My life’s creative challenge is wielding the tension between powerful narrative and compelling data to center Black intellectual lives as craft and method."

'Tressie McMillan Cottom is a sociologist, writer, and public scholar shaping discourse on pressing issues at the confluence of race, gender, education, and digital technology. In work across multiple platforms, ranging from academic scholarship to essays and social media engagement, McMillan Cottom combines analytical insights and personal experiences in a frank, accessible style of communication that resonates with broad audiences within and outside of academia.' -- MacArthur Fellows Program