Professional Summary
Black Feminism; Sociology of Sport; Sociology of Race and Ethnicity; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Food Studies; Critical Race Feminism; Qualitative Methods
Education
PhD: University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX, 2018 (Sociology)
MA: University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX, 2012 (Sociology)
BA: University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO, 2010 (Africana Studies )
Research and Practice Interests
Letisha Engracia Cardoso Brown is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and an affiliate of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexualities Studies program at the University of Cincinnati, where she teaches courses on social inequality, and race and racism. A Black feminist sociologist, Dr. Brown’s scholarship centers the lived realities of Black women and girls with respect to sports, media, culture, education, and girlhood. Her work can be found in outlets such as Communication & Sport, Sociology of Sport; and Race and Social Problems. Her first book, Say Her Name: Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sport, was published in 2025 by Rutgers University Press.
Positions and Work Experience
2018 -2019 Presidential Pathways Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellowship, Virginia Tech, Blakscburg, Virginia
2019 -2022 Assistant Professor , Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2022 - Assistant Professor , University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Letisha Engracia Cardoso Brown (2023). “Learning to Breathe Again: Navigating Academic Weather,” Grief, Microaggressions, and Misogynoir as a Black Woman on the Tenure-Track.”. Issues in Race & Society, 11, 67-86
Brown, L. E. C.; Williams, A. L.; Schweinzbenz, A, and Ann Pegoraro (2024). “A Perfect Storm: Black Feminism and the WNBA Black Athlete Activism. Sociology of Sport , 1, 1-9
Published Books
Letisha Engracia Cardoso Brown (2025). Say Her Name: Centering Black Feminism and Black Women in Sport. New Brunswick , Rutgers Universirt Press.
Book Chapter
Brown, Letisha Engracia Cardoso and Foxx, DeShon (2021). The Changing Face of Athlete Activism: Hero Today, Pariah Tomorrow?. In Athlete Activism Contemporary Perspectives. New York, Routledge