Zakiya Luna

Zakiya Luna

Associate Professor of Sociology
Affiliated Faculty, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Affiliated Faculty, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Equity
Dean's Distinguished Professorial Scholar
PhD, University of Michigan
research interests:
  • Social Movements
  • Reproductive Politics
  • Black Feminisms/Intersectionality
  • Human Rights

contact info:

  • Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
  • Email: lunaz@wustl.edu
  • Phone: +1 (314) 935-5790
  • Office: Seigle Hall, Sociology Suite 213

office hours:

  • By Appointment

mailing address:

  • Washington University
    MSC 1112-0228-02
    One Brookings Drive
    St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

Professor Luna’s research, teaching and community work focus on social movements, reproductive justice, human rights and Black feminisms/Intersectionality

Professor Luna’s research, teaching and community work focus on social movements, reproductive justice, human rights and Black feminisms/Intersectionality. She has published multiple peer-reviewed articles and chapters and secured multiple grants including from the National Science Foundation. Her research on the reproductive justice movement includes the book Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: Women of Color and the Fight for Reproductive Justice (NYU Press), which was included on the Oprah Daily list “The 12 Books You Need to Read Post the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade Smackdown.” She is coeditor of Black Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis (Routledge) with Whitney Laster Pirtle. Her other writing includes contribution to Ms. and Refinery 29. Professor Luna earned a joint PhD in Sociology and Women’s Studies from University of Michigan, where she also earned a Master of Social Work. You can learn more about her at http://zakiyaluna.com/

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Luna named 2023 Distinguished Feminist Lecturer

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Black Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis

Black Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis

Edited By Zakiya Luna

The book centers Black feminist sociology (BFS) within the sociology canon and widens is to feature Black feminist sociologists both outside the US and the academy. Inspired by a BFS lens, the essays are critical, personal, political and oriented toward social justice. Key themes include the origins of BFS, expositions of BFS orientations to research that extend disciplinary norms, and contradictions of the pleasures and costs of such an approach both academically and personally. Authors explore their own sociological legacy of intellectual development to raise critical questions of intellectual thought and self-reflexivity. The book highlights the dynamism of BFS so future generations of scholars can expand upon and beyond the book’s key themes.