Celeste Watkins-Hayes

Betwixt and Between: Middle-Class Women Living with HIV/AIDS

July 2, 2026 at 10:09 p.m.

Since middle-class women with HIV/AIDS likely possess more financial resources to address their diagnosis, we assume that they experience few negative economic and social outcomes of the disease. But Celeste...

Brian Babylon and Comedy as a Social Science

July 2, 2026 at 10:41 p.m.

Comedians, like social scientists, are students of human behavior, says Celeste Watkins-Hayes in her conversation with the comic, radio host, and regular on NPR's "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!"

Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Post-Racial America

July 2, 2026 at 10:44 p.m.

The Spelman alumna and our current writer-in-residence discusses the role of schools like Morehouse College and Howard University in today's society—and encourages Chicago-area students to apply to HBCUs.

HIV/AIDS and the 99 Percent

July 2, 2026 at 10:42 p.m.

Celeste Watkins-Hayes explains how the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the Occupy movement gripping the nation—and world—are two sides of the same coin.

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