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American sociologist

Chrys Ingraham (October 29, 1947 – May 7, 2024) is Professor of Sociology at Purchase College of the State University of New York.^[1]

Biography

Dr.

Ingraham (b.1947) is a native of New York State where she worked for 12 years at US Air and co-owned a feminist bookstore before returning to school at Onondaga Community College. She transferred to Syracuse University's Maxwell School where she graduated with a Masters in Public Administration (1984), Graduate Certification in Women's Studies and a PhD in Sociology (1992).

Her dissertation research addressed how the Comstock Law (1872) allowed for the censorship and suppression of feminist thought in the 19th century US. She has taught at a variety of colleges and universities, including Syracuse University, Ithaca College, Skidmore College, Smith College, Russell Sage College, SUNY Albany, and was Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Purchase.^[2]