This article presents historical womanist theory, which situates Black women as a unique racialized and gendered laboring class in the US.
Dr. Nicole Rousseau is a historical sociologist whose work examines how social rhetoric, media, and institutional structures shape identity, power, and lived experience.
She is the author of Black Woman’s Burden: Commodifying Black Reproduction and has published extensively on Black feminist thought, historical womanist theory, and structural inequality.
Dr. Rousseau has led research initiatives, taught at the university level, and worked with organizations to translate sociological insight into program strategy and institutional change.
She is also the host of The Signal Podcast which extends her research into a public-facing exploration of narrative, media, and power.
