Rose M Brewer

Affiliations
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Educational Background & Specialties
Educational Background
- M.A., Ph.D.: Indiana University, none.
- B.A.: Northeastern College, none.
Specialties
- African American women's studies
- Black family life
- class
- gender
- intersection of economy
- race
- racism
- sociology
- women's studies
- critical theory
- social transformation
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Courses Taught
- Afro 1011 - Introduction to African American Studies
- Afro 3061 - The Black Family
- Afro 5352 - Black Families in Comparative Perspective
- Afro 8202 - Seminar: Intellectual History of Race
- Afro 8910 - Topics in Studies of Africa and the African Diaspora
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Research & Professional Activities
Professional Activities
- Contributing Editor, Souls, a national and international journal of distinguished scholars.:
- Member, Council of Chairs, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota: 1999 - 2001
- Member, Student Fees Committee, University of Minnesota: 1999 - 2001
- Member, Advisory Panel, Civic Engagement Task Force, University of Minnesota: 2001
- Member, President's Distinguished Faculty Mentor Program, University of Minnesota: 1999 - 2000
- Member, Student Academic Affairs Committee, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota: 2002 - 2003
- Member, CLA Leadership of the College, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota: 1999 - 2001
- Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Department of African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota: 2001 - 2002
- Chair, Merit Committee, African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota: 2001 - 2002
- Member, Community Outreach Committee, Department of African American & African Studies: 2000 - 2001
- Member, Student Fees Advisory Committee, University of Minnesota: 2000 - 2002
- Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of African American & African Studies: 2001
- Member, Faculty Senate, University of Minnesota: 1998 - 2001
- Interim Chair, Department of African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota: 1999 - 2001
- Editoral Board, Contemporary Sociology:
- American Sociological, Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology: 2003 - 2006
- Chair, Rhonda Williams Award Committee of the International Association of Feminist Economics.:
Outreach
- Co-Founder and core group member, The Freire Center, Minneapolis, MN: 2001
- Member, Planning Committee, African Genealogy Series: 2001 - 2002
- Board of Trustees, St. Paul Academy and Summit School:
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Publications
- Black Radical Theory and Practice: Gender, Race, and Class. Brewer, Rose, 2003.
- A Special Issue on Gender, Color, Class, and Caste. Brewer, Rose, Routledge Press/London, 2002.
- Family Structure, Poverty, and Race in the United States.. Brewer, Rose, 2003.
- The Color of Wealth. Brewer, Rose, Meizhu Lui, Barbara Robles, Betsy Leondar-Wright, New Press, Author, 2006. Link
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Awards
- ASA Teaching Award, 2013
- Morse Amoco/Alumni Teaching Award, 1993