Delores P. Aldridge
Delores P. Aldridge (born 8 June 1941) is an American
Early life and education
Aldridge was born in 1941 in
Aldridge attended
Career
Aldridge became a faculty member at
Awards
Aldridge served as president of the National Council of Black Studies for two terms.[1][2] She also served as president of the Association of Social and Behavioral Sciences.[2] She also was chairman of the board of the International Black Women's Congress, where she organized international conferences aimed at discussing issues related to African women's health. She has received over one hundred awards.[1] Aldridge received the Great Teachers of the Century award from Emory University. From the Association of Black Sociologists, she received the A. Wade Smith Award for Teaching, Mentoring and Service.[2] In 2006, Aldridge received the Charles S. Johnson Award from the Southern Sociological Society.[2]
Aldridge has also consulted for over ninety governments, many major national and international universities, foundations, and corporations.[1][2] Additionally, she co-chaired the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta.[2]
Awards have been named in Aldridge's honor. In 2003, Emory University began the Delores P. Aldridge Excellence Award. This award recognize students that have committed themselves to diversity.[6][4] In 2004, Clark Atlanta University began the Clark Atlanta University Graduate Research Award. Clark Atlanta University also bestows the Aldridge/McMillan Awards for Excellence.[4]
Books
- A decade of struggle : options for the future (1981)
- Black Male-Female Relationships: A Resource Book of Selected Materials (1989)
- Focusing: Black male-female relationships (1991)
- Leadership for diversity : the role of African American studies in a multicultural world (1994)
- River of tears: The politics of Black women's health (1993), with La Francis Rodgers-Rose
- Out of the revolution: The development of Africana studies with Carlene Young (2000)
- Black Cultures and Race Relations (2002) with James E. Conyers
- Africana studies: philosophical perspectives and theoretical paradigms with E Lincoln James (2007)
- Our last hope: Black male-female relationships in change (2008)
- Imagine a world: Pioneering black women sociologists (2009)
- An intellectual Biography of W.E.B. DuBois, Initiator of Black Studies in the University with Nagueyalti Warren (2010)
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Delores P. Aldridge". The History Makers. The History Makers. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Delores P. Aldridge Award Statement". American Sociological Association. American Sociological Association. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Trustee Delores P. Aldridge To Grand Marshal Homecoming Parade". Clark Atlanta University. Clark Atlanta University. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Board of Trustees: Delores Aldride". Clark Atlanta University. Clark Atlanta University. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "'What Are You Doing Here?' Ensuring Inclusion: Delores Aldridge's Lifelong Work" (PDF). The Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists. The Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ Fishman, Margie Fishman (5 April 2011). "Diverse community builders receive Aldridge awards". The Emory Report. Emory University. Emory Report. Retrieved 12 October 2017.