Senior Enterprise Reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Courtney Marshall: ‘You Want to Keep the Persona of a Polished Professor’
April 3, 2014
Courtney Marshall is an assistant professor of English and women’s studies at the University of New Hampshire. She is one of three scholars who spoke to us about the challenges of being a faculty member who struggles with their weight. Read the whole series here.
I’m a fat professor who lost 100 pounds and works out all the time. I’m in New Hampshire, so I’m usually the only fat black woman in the gym, and it’s a constant pain in the behind. One time a white man wanted me to teach him how to dance. I overheard someone in my Zumba class talking about her daughter having a “ghetto booty.” If I was back in Newark, New Jersey, I would not have to deal with this….
