Research Voting Enslaved and free Blacks voted for their own representatives in eighteenth-century New England. 150 years later, Black women in New England were fighting for voting rights, too. The struggle continues.
Research Accolades In July 2020, I spoke with Laura Knoy from NHPR's “The Exchange" about my book, In Pursuit of Knowledge (NYU Press, 2019).
Research Featured Second Book Project: Justice, Law, Democracy in a Biography! Robert Morris, an advocate for justice
Research Featured Coupon There is a 30% discount off the price of my book when purchased directly through the NYU Press website.
Research New Hampshire Public Radio I gave a radio interview about my forthcoming book, In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America.
Research African Americans in Essex County, MA I have been awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Park Service and the Organization of American Historians to support the public humanities project, African Americans in Essex County, MA.
Research Women's Education circa the 1830s The Journal of Social History recently published my article.
Research Book Under Contract I'm delighted to share some great news: my book is under contract with New York University Press!
Research Revise & Resubmit It's par for the course in academia: a scholar submits an article manuscript to a journal and, more often than not, the editor of said journal outright rejects the article.
Research Featured Building the Future in Antebellum Ohio My essay on African American education in antebellum Ohio appears in the Journal of the Early Republic.
Research Black Student Activism at Amherst College This essay represents my foray into twentieth century African American educational activism. It follows the establishment of the Black Studies Department at Amherst College in the 1960s and 1970s.
