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On July 1, 2014, Harris-Perry returned to Wake Forest as Presidential Chair Professor of Politics and International Affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.wfu.edu/2014/04/11/melissa-harris-perry-to-join-faculty/ |title=Melissa Harris-Perry to join faculty |author=Neal, Katie |date=April 11, 2014 |website=WFU.edu |publisher=] News Center |accessdate=September 7, 2015}}</ref> She is the founding director of the ] Project.<ref name="About Harris-Perry"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cooperproject.org/about/director/ |title=Director |year=2012 |publisher= ] Project official site |accessdate=September 7, 2015}}</ref>{{cn|date=February 2016}} On July 1, 2014, Harris-Perry returned to Wake Forest as Presidential Chair Professor of Politics and International Affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.wfu.edu/2014/04/11/melissa-harris-perry-to-join-faculty/ |title=Melissa Harris-Perry to join faculty |author=Neal, Katie |date=April 11, 2014 |website=WFU.edu |publisher=] News Center |accessdate=September 7, 2015}}</ref> She is the founding director of the ] Project.<ref name="About Harris-Perry"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cooperproject.org/about/director/ |title=Director |year=2012 |publisher= ] Project official site |accessdate=September 7, 2015}}</ref>{{cn|date=February 2016}}
In April 2015, the '']'' reported that the ] had placed a ] on Harris-Perry and her husband for about $70,000 in delinquent taxes. Harris-Perry said she and her husband paid $21,721 on April 15, 2015 and have a payment plan with the IRS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/irs-files-k-tax-lien-against-harris-perry-husband/article_7e39a096-e3c9-11e4-9c3a-2feeea1356be.html |title=IRS files $70K tax lien against Harris-Perry, husband |work=] |author=Hewlett, Michael| date=April 15, 2015 |accessdate=September 7, 2015}}</ref> In April 2015, the '']'' reported that the ] had placed a ] on Harris-Perry and her husband for about $70,000 in delinquent taxes. Harris-Perry said she and her husband paid $21,721 on April 15, 2015 and have a payment plan with the IRS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/irs-files-k-tax-lien-against-harris-perry-husband/article_7e39a096-e3c9-11e4-9c3a-2feeea1356be.html |title=IRS files $70K tax lien against Harris-Perry, husband |work=] |author=Hewlett, Michael| date=April 15, 2015 |accessdate=September 7, 2015}}</ref>

In February 2016, Harris-Perry announced that she would not return to her show on MSNBC until and unless editorial control were returned to her team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Melissa Harris-Perry walks off her show on MSNBC: ‘I will not be used as a tool’|url=http://thegrio.com/2016/02/26/melissa-harris-perry-walks-off-show-msnbc/|website=]|accessdate=26 February 2016|date=26 February 2016}}</ref>


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This article is about Melissa Harris-Perry. For her eponymous show, see Melissa Harris-Perry (TV series).
Melissa Harris-Perry
BornMelissa Victoria Harris
(1973-10-02) October 2, 1973 (age 51)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, political commentator, professor
EducationWake Forest University (B.A.)
Duke University (PhD)
SubjectAmerican politics, race relations
SpouseDennis Lacewell (1999–2005)
James Perry (2010–present)
Children2 daughters
Website
melissaharrisperry.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 politics and international affairs at Wake Forest 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 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 to a white mother and black father. She was born in Seattle but grew up in Chesterfield County, Virginia, one of the counties adjoining the independent city of Richmond, Virginia, where she attended Thomas Dale High School. Her father was the first dean of African-American Affairs at the University of Virginia. Harris-Perry's mother, Diana Gray, taught at a community college and was working on her doctorate when they met. She went on to work for non-profit organizations that provided services such as day-care centers, health care for people in rural communities, and access to reproductive care for poor women.

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 City.

Career

Harris-Perry joined the political science faculty of the University of Chicago in 1999. She taught there until 2006, when she accepted a tenured appointment at Princeton University as an Associate Professor of Political Science and African-American Studies. According to Harris-Perry, she left Princeton in 2011 after being denied a full professorship. On January 5, 2012 MSNBC announced that Harris-Perry would host her a weekend morning show, which began airing on February 18, 2012.

Harris-Perry has been both lauded and 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. She tearfully 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.

On July 1, 2014, Harris-Perry returned to Wake Forest as Presidential Chair Professor of Politics and International Affairs. She is the founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Project. In April 2015, the Winston-Salem Journal reported that the IRS had placed a tax lien on Harris-Perry and her husband for about $70,000 in delinquent taxes. Harris-Perry said she and her husband paid $21,721 on April 15, 2015 and have a payment plan with the IRS.

In February 2016, Harris-Perry announced that she would not return to her show on MSNBC until and unless editorial control were returned to her team.

Bibliography

References

  1. Harris, Aisha (January 24, 2014). "When White Parents Adopt Black Children". browbeat. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  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. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  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. Glickel, Jen (February 12, 2005). "Uncommon Interview – Melissa Harris-Lacewell". The Chicago Maroon. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  7. 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.
  8. Christopher, Tommy (January 5, 2012). "Melissa Harris-Perry To Host MSNBC Weekend Show Starting in February". Mediaite. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  9. Freedlander, David (April 11, 2013). "Melissa Harris-Perry and the Firestorm Over 'Collective' Parenting". The Daily Beast. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  10. Poor, Jeff (May 26, 2013). "MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry likens Guantanamo detainees to American slaves". The Daily Caller. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  11. McMurry, Evan (July 21, 2013). "MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Dons Tampon Earrings To Protest Texas Abortion Bill". Mediaite. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
  12. Grier, Peter (December 31, 2013). "Melissa Harris-Perry Apologizes for Romney Grandchild Jokes". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  13. LoGiurato, Brett (January 2, 2014). "Here's Melissa Harris-Perry's Tearful Apology for the Controversial Segment on the Romneys' Black Grandchild". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  14. Harris-Perry, Melissa (December 31, 2013). "An apology from Melissa Harris-Perry". MSNBC. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  15. Neal, Katie (April 11, 2014). "Melissa Harris-Perry to join faculty". WFU.edu. Wake Forest University News Center. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  16. "Director". Anna Julia Cooper Project official site. 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  17. Hewlett, Michael (April 15, 2015). "IRS files $70K tax lien against Harris-Perry, husband". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  18. "Melissa Harris-Perry walks off her show on MSNBC: 'I will not be used as a tool'". The Grio. February 26, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.

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