11 Facts About Leith Mullings

Leith Patricia Mullings was a Jamaican-born author, anthropologist and professor.

Leith Mullings's research began in Africa and she wrote about traditional medicine and religion in postcolonial Ghana, as well as about women's roles in Africa.

Leith Mullings was recognized for this work by the Society for the Anthropology of North America, which awarded her the Prize for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Study of North America in 1997.

Leith Mullings was working on an ethnohistory of the African Burial Ground in New York City at the time of her death.

In 1961 Leith Mullings studied nursing at Queens College, City University of New York where she finished a five year program with a bachelor of science in nursing from Cornell University.

In 1970, Leith Mullings earned a Master of Arts and in 1975 a Ph.

Leith Mullings became a lecturer of anthropology at Yale University in 1972.

In 1983, Leith Mullings left Colombia and began working full time at the City University of New York's Graduate Center as a distinguished professor of anthropology.

Leith Mullings received many awards throughout her lifetime including the Prize for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Studies of North America in 1997.

In 2015 Leith Mullings was named an Andrew Carnegie Fellow for her contribution to humanity.

Leith Mullings received grants from the National Science Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Kellogg Foundation.