Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northwestern University, is an author and educator widely credited for her research on public policies and governmental agencies targeting low-income families as well as current work on the social and economic consequences of HIV/AIDS for Chicago-area women of diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Curriculum Vitae 
Northwestern University Department of Sociology 
Northwestern University Institute for Policy Research
The Department of African American Studies at Northwestern University
Spelman College Trustee
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation profile
National Science Foundation profile
YWomen Leadership Award, Evanston/North Shore Chapter YWCA, 2010 
Chicago’s Top 40 Game Changers Under 40, Ariel Investments and WVON Urban Business Roundtable, 2010
Honoree, New Vision of Hope Foundation Annual HIV/AIDS Benefit Gala, 2010
Blue Diamond Woman of Excellence,Spelman College National Alumnae Association, Chicago Chapter, 2009
National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award, 2009
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award inHealth Policy Research, 2009
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, HIV-Prevention Research in Minority Communities Collaborative Program Pilot Study Grant,University of California – San Francisco, 2004
Department of African American Studies Teaching Award,Northwestern University, 2004, 2007
Department of African American Studies Distinguished Service Award, Northwestern University, 2010
Finalist, Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research,Center for Families at Purdue University and the Boston College Center for Work and Family, 2005