Leigh Patel

University of Pittsburgh

Professor

Leigh Patel's work is based in the knowledge that as long as oppression has existed so have freedom struggles. She is a community-based researcher as well as an eldercare provider, educator, and writer. Prior to being employed as a professor, she was a middle school language arts teacher, a journalist, and a state-level policymaker. She served as a national board member of Education for Liberation for 13 years, a nonprofit that focuses on supporting low-income people, particularly youth of color, to understand and challenge the injustices their communities face. Beyond her academic books and referred publications, Dr. Patel has written for and been interviewed by NPR, The Atlantic, Beacon Broadside, and the Feminist Wire.