Lyn Mikel Brown
About
Lyn Mikel Brown is an American academic, author, feminist, and community activist. She is Professor of Education at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Her research interests include girls development, youth activism, and sexualization and objectification of girls by the media and marketers. She is a co-founder of the research-driven nonprofit, Hardy Girls Healthy Women, and the SPARK activist movement against the sexualization of girls in the media. She has authored six books and many peer-reviewed articles, general media articles, and book chapters. She was inducted into the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2013.
