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Sarah Susannah Willie-LeBreton is Professor of Sociology and Provost at Swarthmore College. Her interests include higher education, social inequality, social theory, African-American culture, and work and occupations. A self-described applied sociologist, Willie-LeBreton has worked with a variety of groups on inclusivity and justice initiatives..

Biographical Information
Willie-LeBreton was born in 1963, the daughter of sociologist Charles Vert Willie. She received her BA from Haverford College in 1986 and her PhD from Northwestern University in 1995. Following teaching appointments at Colby College and Bard College, she was named Assistant Professor of Sociology and Head of Black Studies at Swarthmore College in 1997. She was promoted to Professor in 2013. In 2005-2008 she served as Associate Provost of Swarthmore College, and in 2018 became Provost.

Willie has been a member of the Board of Managers of Pendle Hill Quaker Center for Study and Contemplation, 2012-2016; and served on the Board of Managers of Haverford College, 2011-2018.

Select Bibliography
Hannah W. Blunt, Kimberly Juanita Brown, Lucas Wilson, and Sarah Susannah Willie. Piece Together: The Quilts of Mary Lee Bendolph. Mt. Holyoke College Art Museum, MA, 2018. Sarah Willie-LeBreton, editor and contributor, Transforming the Academy: Faculty Perspectives on Diversity & Pedagogy. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2016. Sarah Susannah Willie, Acting Black: College, Identity, and the Performance of Race. New York: Routledge, 2003