In January 2024, Dr. Lorrin Thomas, Associate Professor of History, published “Desegregation is Not a Black and White Issue: Latino Advocacy for Equal Schooling Before and After Brown,” in the Journal of Public History. Dr. Thomas also received an advance contract with the University of Texas Press for her in-progress book, Latinx Civil Rights and … Continue reading 2024 Publications…
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2024 Presentations
Dr. Andrew Shankman, Professor of History, participated in the Liberty Fund-invited symposium “Realizing Independence: Liberty, Self-Government, and the First Constitutions,” convened by Professor Gordon S. Wood and Professor Jack P. Greene in Portland, Maine, in June 2024. Dr. Lorrin Thomas, Associate Professor of History, gave the Intersectional Justice Program lecture at The Cooper Union for … Continue reading 2024 Presentations…
2024 Keynote Address
Dr. Wendy Woloson, Professor of History, gave the Annual Faculty Fellow Lecture keynote address to kick off Research Week in April 2024. The title of her lecture was “The Latest Novelties: New Goods and New Ideas in 19th-Century America.”
Fellowship Announcements
Dr. Kendra Boyd, Assistant Professor of History, is a recipient of Rutgers University’s Cheryl Wall Fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year and was a faculty fellow for the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis in 2023-2024. Dr. Emily Marker, Associate Professor of History, served as a 2023-2024 fellow at the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis.
Dr. Emily Marker Received Numerous Accolades-Read Below
Dr. Emily Marker, Associate Professor of History, received the George Louis Beer Prize from the American Historical Association; the Rutgers Board of Trustees Award for Research Excellence; and the Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity.
Dr. Kendra Boyd – Received the Clark-McClintock Gershenson Subvention Award!
Dr. Kendra Boyd, Assistant Professor of History, received the Clark-McClintock-Gershenson Subvention Award for her forthcoming monograph Freedom Enterprise: Racial Capitalism and Black Entrepreneurship in Great Migration Detroit, from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Dr. Boyd is also a recipient of the Rutgers Research Council Award for “Recovering Black Bottom: Mapping Black Business Loss Caused by … Continue reading Dr. Kendra Boyd – Received the Clark-McClintock Gershenson Subvention Award!…