Terry Kershaw

{{Short description|American sociologist}}

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| name = Terry Kershaw

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|09|03}}

| birth_place = New York City

| death_date = {{death date and age |2015|10|28 |1952|09|03}}

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| fields = Sociology

| workplaces = University of Cincinnati and The College of Wooster

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| alma_mater = Washington State University

| thesis_title = Attitude toward economic growth, personal economic experience and reasons for moving

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| thesis_year = 1985

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| known_for = Work on Africana Studies

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Terry Kershaw (March 9, 1952 - October 28, 2015) was an American sociologist and Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Cincinnati.{{Cite web|url=http://www.artsci.uc.edu/faculty-staff/listing/by_dept/africana_studies.html?eid=kershaty|title=Africana Studies|website=University of Cincinnati|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://soc.wsu.edu/socnews/remembering-isabel-miller-barbara-hawkins-and-terry-kershaw/|title=Remembering Isabel Miller, Terry Kershaw, and Barbara Hawkins {{!}} Sociology News {{!}} Washington State University|website=soc.wsu.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-15}} He served as a board member of the National Council of Black Studies.{{Cite news|url=https://www.jbhe.com/2015/11/in-memoriam-terry-kershaw-1952-2015/|title=In Memoriam: Terry Kershaw, 1952-2015|date=2015-11-10|work=The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education|access-date=2018-02-15|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.afro.com/dr-terry-kershaw-leading-black-studies-scholar-dies-at-63/|title=Dr. Terry Kershaw, Leading Black Studies Scholar Dies at 63 {{!}} Afro|last=Cornish|first=Stephanie|date=2015-11-20|work=Afro|access-date=2018-02-15|language=en-US}}