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Cheryl Townsend Gilkes
professor, sociology, Colby College
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She is also an ordained Baptist minister and serves as the Assistant Minister at Union Baptist Church in Boston.