Kenzie Bok
Kenzie Bok | |
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Bok in 2023 | |
| Administrator of the Boston Housing Authority | |
| Assumed office 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Kate Bennett |
| Member of the Boston City Council from the 8th district | |
| In office January 6, 2020 – April 28, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Josh Zakim |
| Succeeded by | Sharon Durkan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Priscilla MacKenzie Bok June 30, 1989 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Relatives | John F. Bok (grandfather) Joan Toland Bok (grandmother) Bart Bok (great-grandfather) Priscilla Fairfield Bok (great-grandmother) |
| Residence(s) | Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (AB, History); University of Cambridge (M.Phil, 2012; PhD, 2016) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic Social liberalism |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Main interests | |
| Notable ideas | Affordable housing is a social and economic justice issue |
Priscilla MacKenzie "Kenzie" Bok (born June 30, 1989) is the administrator of the Boston Housing Authority. She previously served as a member of the Boston City Council, representing District 8, which includes Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, and the West End. She is also a lecturer on Social Studies at Harvard University, where she teaches intellectual history and history of philosophy. Bok was elected to the City Council in the November 2019 election. In 2023, Mayor Michelle Wu appointed Bok to become the head of the Boston Housing Authority.