Dr. Premilla Nadasen is a historian and activist, whose work focuses on the histories of women of colour in the welfare rights movement. Currently, she is associate professor of History at Barnard College.Previously, Nadasen was a Chair in Women’s Studies at Brooklyn College. Before that, she was a visiting Professor at the University of Oxford. She was also President of the National Women's Studies Association, and has worked at the National Domestic Workers Union of America and the National Welfare Rights Organization.Nadasen's first book, "Welfare Warriors: The Welfare Rights Movement in the United States," was published in 2005. Her second book, "Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement," was published in 2016.Nadasen received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. in American History from Columbia University.