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Erykah Benson
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Erykah Benson (she/her) is a sociologist studying the changing dynamics of inequality, racism, and technology at the University of Michigan. Her research is supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, the U-M Population Studies Center, and the U-M National Center for Institutional Diversity.
As a research fellow at the Center for Racial Justice, Erykah studies attitudes toward racial inequity, reparations, economic well-being and entrepreneurship using survey data from the Detroit Metro Area Communities Study.
Her work has appeared on multiple news platforms, including The Detroit Free Press, Bridge Detroit, and CBS News Detroit. She holds a BA from Michigan State University (2021) and an MA in Sociology from the University of Michigan (2024).