C. Nell Crittenden, AM'22, LSW

C. Nell Crittenden, AM'22, LSW, is a macro-level social worker & Lecturer at the University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, where she teaches “Black Women Work: The Labor of Black Women in Communities, Families, and Institutions." Nell's work as an anti-oppressive researcher and educator, leading comparative studies on culturally responsive & trauma-informed pedagogy in higher ed classrooms, complements her studies in expanding intersectional epistemologies to inform multiple research and advocacy agendas (domestic violence, abolitionist teaching, and transforming misogynoir).

Nell is also the Post-Secondary Success Program Manager at the Seneca Foundation Inc., a non-profit organization that supports Black and Latinx undergraduate students pursuing computer science degrees through scholarship assistance, job training, and mentorship programs. Joining academic success and technical engineering training, this role's nature lies at the intersections of equitable access to higher education across race and the future of the tech industry.

Nell earned her master’s degree in Anti-Oppressive Social Work and Social Policy from the University of Chicago, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice (AM' 22), where she received the prestigious Solomon O. Lichter Memorial Award (2022), certifications in Graduate Gender and Sexuality Studies (2022), and Trauma-Informed Care and Social Work (2022). She also holds a B.A. from Willamette University, with double majors and double minors in Political Theory, Sociology, Ethnic Studies & Women and Gender Studies.