Brittney Miles
This is the official website of Brittney Miles. Sociologist. Black Feminist Scholar. Black Girlhood Scholar.
Brittney Miles is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She completed her PhD in Sociology at the University of Cincinnati, where she was an Albert C. Yates fellow. She has completed a graduate certificate in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and a Masters of Arts in Sociology at UC. She also holds a Masters of Education in Social and Cultural Foundations in Education at DePaul University.
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Her scholarship centers Black girlhood, specifically related to (a)sexuality, dis/ability, embodiment, and beauty. She uses interdisciplinary qualitative methods to prioritize Black women and girls' critical subjectivities in Black feminist sociological issues.