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Larycia Hawkins

1972–

United States

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Larycia Alaine Hawkins (born August 22, 1972) is an American scholar, author, and speaker, who in 2013, became the first female African-American tenured professor at Wheaton College, a Christian Protestant liberal arts college. There she served as an associate professor of political science. She now teaches and researches at Lincoln University, where she is jointly appointed as assistant professor in the departments of politics and religious studies.

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