Yale University Gives Public Health Award to Critical Race Theorist

Yale University’s School of Public Health gave a prestigious public award to Kimberlé Crenshaw, a pioneer of Critical Race Theory and intersectionality. 

Crenshaw received the Winslow Medal from Yale University’s School of Public Health. The school notes that the award is “the Yale School of Public Health’s highest honor” and also states that Crenshaw’s work “has been foundational in two fields of study she coined and developed – critical race theory and intersectionality.” 

Yale University specifically says that Crenshaw is receiving the award because of her work on intersectionality, which it defines as “the ways in which systems of inequality based on gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, class, and other forms of discrimination ‘intersect’ to create unique dynamics and effects.”