Philomena Essed

Philomena Essed is Professor of Critical Race, Gender and Leadership Studies at Antioch University’s Graduate School of Leadership and Change and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg. Well known for introducing the concepts of everyday racism and gendered racism in the Netherlands and internationally, she pioneered in developing theory on social and cultural cloning. Her books include Everyday Racism (1990) and she co-edited A Companion to Gender Studies; Clones, Fakes and Posthumans: Cultures of Replication (2012).