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Harris-Perry was associate professor at the Center for African American Studies at [[Princeton University]] and left in 2011 after being denied a full professorship because of “questions about her work and an assessment of where she is” in her career, according to the Center's director at the time, [[Eddie Glaude|Eddie S. Glaude Jr.]]<ref name="Leaving Princeton">{{cite news | url = http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2012/02/princeton_center_for_african_a.html | title = Princeton Center for African American Studies loses two high-profile figures, but gains renewed sense of purpose | work = [[The Times of Trenton]] | first = Wendy | last = Plump | date = February 12, 2012 | accessdate = October 8, 2012}}</ref> Currently she is Professor of Political Science at [[Tulane University]]. [[MSNBC]] announced on January 5, 2012 that Harris-Perry would host her own weekend show, which began airing on February 18, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/melissa-harris-perry-to-host-msnbc-weekend-show-starting-in-february/ |title=Melissa Harris-Perry To Host MSNBC Weekend Show Starting In February|publisher= [[Mediaite]]|accessdate=2012-01-05|author= Tommy Christopher|date= 2012-01-05 }}</ref> In 2014 Harris-Perry will become Presidential Chair Professor of Politics and International Affairs at [[Wake Forest University]].<ref>[http://news.wfu.edu/2014/04/11/melissa-harris-perry-to-join-faculty/ Melissa Harris-Perry to join faculty]</ref>
Harris-Perry was associate professor at the Center for African American Studies at [[Princeton University]] and left in 2011 after being denied a full professorship because of “questions about her work and an assessment of where she is” in her career, according to the Center's director at the time, [[Eddie Glaude|Eddie S. Glaude Jr.]]<ref name="Leaving Princeton">{{cite news | url = http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2012/02/princeton_center_for_african_a.html | title = Princeton Center for African American Studies loses two high-profile figures, but gains renewed sense of purpose | work = [[The Times of Trenton]] | first = Wendy | last = Plump | date = February 12, 2012 | accessdate = October 8, 2012}}</ref> Currently she is Professor of Political Science at [[Tulane University]]. [[MSNBC]] announced on January 5, 2012 that Harris-Perry would host her own weekend show, which began airing on February 18, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/melissa-harris-perry-to-host-msnbc-weekend-show-starting-in-february/ |title=Melissa Harris-Perry To Host MSNBC Weekend Show Starting In February|publisher= [[Mediaite]]|accessdate=2012-01-05|author= Tommy Christopher|date= 2012-01-05 }}</ref> In 2014 Harris-Perry will become Presidential Chair Professor of Politics and International Affairs at [[Wake Forest University]].<ref>[http://news.wfu.edu/2014/04/11/melissa-harris-perry-to-join-faculty/ Melissa Harris-Perry to join faculty]</ref>


==Criticism==
Harris-Perry has been both lauded and criticized by numerous political commentators for statements she has made on her program&mdash;including those related to [[collective parenting]], the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]], and abortion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/11/melissa-harris-perry-and-the-firestorm-over-collective-parenting.html|title=Melissa Harris-Perry and the Firestorm Over ‘Collective’ Parenting|last=Freedlander|first=David|date=11 April 2013|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|accessdate=10 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/26/msnbcs-melissa-harris-perry-likens-guantanamo-detainees-to-american-slaves/|title=MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry likens Guantanamo detainees to American slaves |last=Poor|first=Jeff|date=26 May 2013|work=[[The Daily Caller]]|accessdate=10 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/melissa-harris-perry-dons-tampon-earrings-to-protest-texas-abortion-bill/|title=MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Dons Tampon Earrings To Protest Texas Abortion Bill | last=McMurry|first=Evan|date=21 July 2013|work=[[Mediaite]]|accessdate=10 December 2013}}</ref> She apologized for a "photos of the year" segment on December 28, 2013 that made several jokes about a family picture featuring former Republican presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]]'s family, including his adopted black grandson.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Vox-News/2013/1231/Melissa-Harris-Perry-apologizes-for-Romney-grandchild-jokes-Sincere/ |title=Melissa Harris-Perry Apologizes for Romney Grandchild Jokes|publisher= [[CS Monitor]]|accessdate=2013-12-31|author= Peter Grier|date= 2013-12-31 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first==Brett |last=LoGiurato |url=http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/MSNBC-Host-Apologizes-To-Romney-Family-After-5104455.php |title=Here's Melissa Harris-Perry's Tearful Apology For The Controversial Segment On The Romneys' Black Grandchild |publisher=SFGate |location=San Francisco, CA |date=2014-01-02 |accessdate=2014-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Melissa Harris-Perry |url=http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/apology-melissa-harris-perry |title=An apology from Melissa Harris-Perry |publisher=MSNBC |date=2013-12-31 |accessdate=2014-01-06}}</ref> On July 13, 2013 she stated that most in the media don't speak of [[Edward Snowden]]'s revelations but instead choose to speak of his celebrity status<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/07/13/melissa-harris-perry-is-tired-of-having-to-cover-edward-snowden-so-she-wrote-an-open-letter/ |title=Melissa Harris-Perry Is Tired of Having to Cover Edward Snowden—So She Wrote an Open Letter }}</ref> Harris-Perry did not speak of Snowden's revelations either, which drew criticisms from [[Glenn Greenwald]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/13/melissa-harris-perry-edward-snowden_n_3592427.html|title=Melissa Harris-Perry Scolds Edward Snowden, And Glenn Greenwald Isn't Pleased }}</ref> and comedian/podcast host [[Joe Rogan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oLGkuSHJcg/|title=Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen destroy Melissa Harris-Perry }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/bryan-callen-2|title=JRE #376 - Bryan Callen }}</ref>
Harris-Perry has been criticized by numerous political commentators for statements she has made on her program&mdash;including those related to [[collective parenting]], the [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]], and abortion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/11/melissa-harris-perry-and-the-firestorm-over-collective-parenting.html|title=Melissa Harris-Perry and the Firestorm Over ‘Collective’ Parenting|last=Freedlander|first=David|date=11 April 2013|work=[[The Daily Beast]]|accessdate=10 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/26/msnbcs-melissa-harris-perry-likens-guantanamo-detainees-to-american-slaves/|title=MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry likens Guantanamo detainees to American slaves |last=Poor|first=Jeff|date=26 May 2013|work=[[The Daily Caller]]|accessdate=10 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/melissa-harris-perry-dons-tampon-earrings-to-protest-texas-abortion-bill/|title=MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Dons Tampon Earrings To Protest Texas Abortion Bill | last=McMurry|first=Evan|date=21 July 2013|work=[[Mediaite]]|accessdate=10 December 2013}}</ref> She apologized for a "photos of the year" segment on December 28, 2013 that made several jokes about a family picture featuring former Republican presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]]'s family, including his adopted black grandson.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Elections/Vox-News/2013/1231/Melissa-Harris-Perry-apologizes-for-Romney-grandchild-jokes-Sincere/ |title=Melissa Harris-Perry Apologizes for Romney Grandchild Jokes|publisher= [[CS Monitor]]|accessdate=2013-12-31|author= Peter Grier|date= 2013-12-31 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first==Brett |last=LoGiurato |url=http://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/MSNBC-Host-Apologizes-To-Romney-Family-After-5104455.php |title=Here's Melissa Harris-Perry's Tearful Apology For The Controversial Segment On The Romneys' Black Grandchild |publisher=SFGate |location=San Francisco, CA |date=2014-01-02 |accessdate=2014-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Melissa Harris-Perry |url=http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/apology-melissa-harris-perry |title=An apology from Melissa Harris-Perry |publisher=MSNBC |date=2013-12-31 |accessdate=2014-01-06}}</ref> On July 13, 2013 she criticized [[Edward Snowden]] and blamed him for the fact that most in the media choose not to speak of his revelations but instead focus on his celebrity status<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/07/13/melissa-harris-perry-is-tired-of-having-to-cover-edward-snowden-so-she-wrote-an-open-letter/ |title=Melissa Harris-Perry Is Tired of Having to Cover Edward Snowden—So She Wrote an Open Letter }}</ref>. Ironically, Harris-Perry did not speak of Snowden's revelations either, which drew criticisms from [[Abby Martin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vky-ymiqmOs|title=MSNBC 'Dear Snowden' Distraction }}</ref>, [[Glenn Greenwald]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/13/melissa-harris-perry-edward-snowden_n_3592427.html|title=Melissa Harris-Perry Scolds Edward Snowden, And Glenn Greenwald Isn't Pleased }}</ref>, comedian/podcast host [[Joe Rogan]] with his guest [[Bryan Callen]], who ridiculed her contradiction and lack of common sense.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oLGkuSHJcg/|title=Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen destroy Melissa Harris-Perry }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://podcasts.joerogan.net/podcasts/bryan-callen-2|title=JRE #376 - Bryan Callen }}</ref> On his podcast The Duncan Trussell Family Hour, outspoken comedian [[Duncan Trussell]] said of Harris-Parry’s comments on Snowden, “that is though the federal government wrote a script and sent it to the various news outlets asking them to read the script”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://duncantrussell.com/abby-martin/#/vanilla/discussion/embed/?vanilla_discussion_id=0/|title=Episode 76: ABBY MARTIN }}</ref> [[Cornel West]] called her a "fake and a fraud" and criticized her and others as "apologists for the Obama administration" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/cornel-west-msnbc-black-hosts-sharpton-harris-perry-obama_n_2121549.html/|title=Cornel West: MSNBC's Black Hosts 'Sold Their Souls' For Obama Access }}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==

Revision as of 08:05, 12 June 2014

This article is about the professor, author and TV host. For her eponymous show, see Melissa Harris-Perry (TV series).
Melissa Harris-Perry
Born
Melissa Victoria Harris

(1973-10-02) October 2, 1973 (age 51)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
EducationWake Forest University (B.A.)
Duke University (Ph.D.)
Occupation(s)Professor, author
Spouse(s)Dennis Lacewell (1999–2005)
James Perry (2010–present)
Children2 daughters: Parker b. 2002, baby girl born February 14, 2014[1]
Parent(s)William M. Harris Sr.
Diana Gray
Websitemelissaharrisperry.com

Melissa Victoria Harris-Perry (born October 2, 1973; formerly known as Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell) is an American writer, professor, television host, and political commentator with a focus on African-American politics. Harris-Perry hosts the Melissa Harris-Perry weekend news and opinion television show on MSNBC. She is also a regular fill-in host on The Rachel Maddow Show as well as a professor of political science at Tulane University, where she is the founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project on Gender, Race, and Politics in the South. Prior to this, she taught at Princeton University and the University of Chicago. She is also a regular columnist for the magazine The Nation, and the author of Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America.

Early life

Harris-Perry was born in Seattle but grew up in Chesterfield County, Virginia, one of the counties adjoining the independent city of Richmond, Virginia attending Thomas Dale High School. Her father was the first dean of African-American Affairs at the University of Virginia.[2] Her mother, Diana Gray, taught at a community college and was working on her doctorate when they met. She went on to work for nonprofit organizations that provided such services as day-care centers, health care for people in rural communities and access to reproductive care for poor women.[3]

Harris-Perry graduated from Wake Forest University with a bachelor's degree in English and received a PhD in political science from Duke University. She also received an honorary doctorate from Meadville Lombard Theological School and studied theology at Union Theological Seminary in New York.[4][5]

Career

Harris-Perry was associate professor at the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University and left in 2011 after being denied a full professorship because of “questions about her work and an assessment of where she is” in her career, according to the Center's director at the time, Eddie S. Glaude Jr.[6] Currently she is Professor of Political Science at Tulane University. MSNBC announced on January 5, 2012 that Harris-Perry would host her own weekend show, which began airing on February 18, 2012.[7] In 2014 Harris-Perry will become Presidential Chair Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University.[8]

Criticism

Harris-Perry has been criticized by numerous political commentators for statements she has made on her program—including those related to collective parenting, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, and abortion.[9][10][11] She apologized for a "photos of the year" segment on December 28, 2013 that made several jokes about a family picture featuring former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's family, including his adopted black grandson.[12][13][14] On July 13, 2013 she criticized Edward Snowden and blamed him for the fact that most in the media choose not to speak of his revelations but instead focus on his celebrity status[15]. Ironically, Harris-Perry did not speak of Snowden's revelations either, which drew criticisms from Abby Martin[16], Glenn Greenwald[17], comedian/podcast host Joe Rogan with his guest Bryan Callen, who ridiculed her contradiction and lack of common sense.[18][19] On his podcast The Duncan Trussell Family Hour, outspoken comedian Duncan Trussell said of Harris-Parry’s comments on Snowden, “that is though the federal government wrote a script and sent it to the various news outlets asking them to read the script”.[20] Cornel West called her a "fake and a fraud" and criticized her and others as "apologists for the Obama administration" [21]

Bibliography

  • Harris-Lacewell, Melissa Victoria (2004). Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought (First ed.). Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-11405-7.
  • Harris-Perry, Melissa V. (2011). Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-16541-8.

References

  1. ^ "Congratulations! Melissa Harris-Perry Welcomes Daughter On Valentine's Day". News One. February 15, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 20114. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ Williams, Michael Paul (February 6, 2011). "Chesterfield native, now MSNBC commentator, speaking at VCU". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  3. ^ Pope, John (October 2, 2011). "New Orleans transplant has a life rich in politics, pedagogy". The Times-Picayune.
  4. ^ "About Melissa Harris-Perry". MelissaHarrisPerry.com. 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  5. ^ Levin, Anne (October 10, 2007). "From House to Home". U.S. 1 Newspaper. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
  6. ^ Plump, Wendy (February 12, 2012). "Princeton Center for African American Studies loses two high-profile figures, but gains renewed sense of purpose". The Times of Trenton. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
  7. ^ Tommy Christopher (2012-01-05). "Melissa Harris-Perry To Host MSNBC Weekend Show Starting In February". Mediaite. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  8. ^ Melissa Harris-Perry to join faculty
  9. ^ Freedlander, David (11 April 2013). "Melissa Harris-Perry and the Firestorm Over 'Collective' Parenting". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  10. ^ Poor, Jeff (26 May 2013). "MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry likens Guantanamo detainees to American slaves". The Daily Caller. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  11. ^ McMurry, Evan (21 July 2013). "MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Dons Tampon Earrings To Protest Texas Abortion Bill". Mediaite. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  12. ^ Peter Grier (2013-12-31). "Melissa Harris-Perry Apologizes for Romney Grandchild Jokes". CS Monitor. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
  13. ^ LoGiurato, =Brett (2014-01-02). "Here's Melissa Harris-Perry's Tearful Apology For The Controversial Segment On The Romneys' Black Grandchild". San Francisco, CA: SFGate. Retrieved 2014-01-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  14. ^ Melissa Harris-Perry (2013-12-31). "An apology from Melissa Harris-Perry". MSNBC. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
  15. ^ "Melissa Harris-Perry Is Tired of Having to Cover Edward Snowden—So She Wrote an Open Letter".
  16. ^ "MSNBC 'Dear Snowden' Distraction".
  17. ^ "Melissa Harris-Perry Scolds Edward Snowden, And Glenn Greenwald Isn't Pleased".
  18. ^ "Joe Rogan and Bryan Callen destroy Melissa Harris-Perry".
  19. ^ "JRE #376 - Bryan Callen".
  20. ^ "Episode 76: ABBY MARTIN".
  21. ^ "Cornel West: MSNBC's Black Hosts 'Sold Their Souls' For Obama Access".

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