Dr. Kris Marsh, PhD., is a sociologist, demographer, and author of the forthcoming book, "The Love Jones Cohort: Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class." In an episode recorded prior to COVID-19 and lockdown, she discusses the experience and the study of single Black women, as well as the importance of studies that go beyond what exists or what is happening, and dive into why they're happening. Dr. Marsh also answers questions from podcast listeners via the Facebook group. This is an episode for anyone who has ever felt like their single status has made them feel somehow societally lacking. (Spoiler: who you are does not lack anything at all.)

Dr. Kris Marsh
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Books and videos discussed in this episode:
Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone
Happy Singlehood: The Rising Acceptance and Celebration of Solo Living
Akilah Hughes: Meet Your First Black Girlfriend

Anti-Racism Resources For My White Friends & Readers

shanisilver.com
A Single Serving Podcast Facebook Group
The Single Girl Syllabus
Shani on Instagram


Dr. Marsh's bio:

Dr. Kris Marsh received her PhD from the University of Southern California in 2005. She was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina before joining the faculty of Maryland where she has been tenured since 2014. Dr. Marsh's general areas of expertise are the Black middle class, demography, racial residential segregation, and education. She has combined these interests to develop a research agenda that is divided into two broad areas: avenues into the Black middle class and consequences of being in the Black middle class. Currently, Dr. Marsh is writing a book for Cambridge University Press that examines the mental and physical health, wealth, residential choices and dating practices of an emerging Black middle class that is single and living alone. Professor Marsh also teaches courses on Research Methods, Race Relations and Racial Residential Segregation. She has been a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California, University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and the University of Johannesburg. Dr. Marsh has served as a contributor to CNN in America, the Associated Press, NBC Washington, and Al Jazeera America and is frequently asked to contribute to the Washington Post. She serves as the Secretary of the District of Columbia Sociological Society and the Managing Editor of Issues in Race & Society. Professor Marsh's most recent research and intellectual endeavors center on improving police community relations. Since late 2015, Dr. Marsh has been the driving force behind a bias free training and research collaboration between Prince George's Count Police Department and the University of Maryland.

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