Kiyona J. Brewster
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Co-Chair of African and African American Studies
Offices & Programs
Education
BA: psychology, Bennett College for Women
MA: psychology, University of Connecticut
MA: sociology, Northwestern University;
PhD: sociology, Northwestern University; certificate in gender and sexuality studies from Northwestern University
BIOGRAPHY
Kiyona Brewster joined the Centre College faculty as an assistant professor of sociology in 2017. Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of race and ethnicity, gender, qualitative methods, family studies, and religion. Brewster’s ongoing research agenda involves understanding how gender and familial roles are defined and produced within predominantly African American Protestant and Evangelical communities of faith. She previously held teaching appointments at Northwestern University, DePaul University, and Triton College in Illinois.
COURSES TAUGHT
- Classical and Contemporary Social Theory
- Race and Ethnicity
- Introduction to Gender Studies
- Black Women in Contemporary Society
- Race, Class, and Gender
- Lived Religion in Everyday Life
- Crime and Deviance