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Patricia Hill Collins

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Patricia Hill Collins, who is a sociologist, educator and writer, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 1, 1948. She established herself as one of the country's foremost thinkers on the conditions and experiences of African-American women with her first book 'Black Feminist Thought, Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment' published in 1990.

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Sociologists, Works, Collins, Patricia Hill

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Carl R. Woese, microbiologist, educator, and writer

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Carl R. Woese is a microbiologist, educator and writer. His research into the special group of microbes called methanogens has changed the way of life on earth. He has won numerous prizes including the Crafoord Prize in Bioscience in 2003.

Microbiologists, Woese, Carl R.

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Stanley Hauerwas, theologian, ethicist, writer and educator

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Stanley Hauerwas prefers to be identified as a theologian rather than a Christian ethicist. He has concluded that nonviolence is a true characteristic of a Christian.

Hauerwas, Stanley

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