Abby Loren Ferber University of Colorado-Colorado Springs

Abby L. Ferber is Professor of Sociology and Director of Women's Studies at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, where she teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses on race, gender, and social theory. She is the author of White Man Falling: Race, Gender and White Supremacy (Rowman & Littlefield), and co-author of the American Sociological Associations' Hate Crime in America: What Do We Know?. She is also the co-author of, Making a Difference: University Students of Color Speak Out, (Rowman & Littlefield), and a co-editor of Privilege: A Reader, (Westview Press) with Michael Kimmel. Abby is the former Director of the university’s Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, and co-organizer of two annual programs run by the Center—the White Privilege Conference and the Knapsack Institute.