Mikayla E. Mitchell
Graduate Student
Sociology
Pronouns: they/them/theirs or she/her/hers
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4176B BSB
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About
Previous degrees:
B.A. Sociology, Simmons College (now Simmons University)
M.A. Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Specialty areas:
Race, class and gender; racism; whiteness; higher education; feminist theory
Research interests:
Mikayla Mitchell is a doctoral student in Sociology at UIC. She holds an M.A. in Sociology also from UIC. Her primary research interests are whiteness, race, and the ways systems of oppression are co-constituted. Mikayla’s current research focuses on white racialization and how well-meaning white people make sense of their racial privilege. Mikayla has completed a concentration in Gender and Women’s studies at UIC and her research is informed by feminist methodologies and queer of color critique. Prior to starting her graduate studies, Mikayla received a B.A. in Sociology from Simmons University.