Tressie McMillan Cottom
Sociologist, writer and professor
Tressie McMillan Cottom is an American sociologist and writer. Her essay collection Thick was a National Book Award finalist.
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About Tressie McMillan Cottom
Tressie McMillan Cottom is an American writer, sociologist and professor. She taught at Virginia Commonwealth University before joining the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science. She also writes as an opinion columnist for The New York Times. She has written Lower Ed, which looks at for-profit colleges, and Thick: And Other Essays. Thick was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award in Non-Fiction. Her essays have also appeared in The Atlantic, Slate and The Washington Post. In 2020 she received a MacArthur Fellowship. She co-hosts the podcast Hear to Slay with Roxane Gay.