Cathy Cohen, The 2011 Iris Marion Young Distinguished Faculty Lecture. Cathy J. Cohen is the David and Mary Winton Green Professor of Political Science. She is the Deputy Provost for Graduate Education and the former Director of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture at the University of Chicago. As an academic activist Dr. Cohen frequently writes and speaks about gender, sexuality, class, ethnicity, and their interrelatedness and connection to power. She is the principal investigator of two major projects: The Black Youth Project and the Mobilization, Change and Political and Civic Engagement Project and her most recent publication is 2010’s Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics.