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Office Hours
Tuesday: 2:30 – 3:30 PM
Thursday: 2:30 – 3:30 PM
SPRING 2012
EYH HI 291 History of Charleston, South Carolina From 1680 to the Civil War
Teaching:
I am a 19th and 20th century historian of African-American and American history. I teach courses that focus on the minority experience, gender and cultural history, as well as the history of Modern Civil Rights Movement and American religion.
Research:
My scholarship focuses on Charleston’s wealthy free black community in South Carolina during slavery. I am also interested in issues of gender, power and slavery in the South, and free people of color in the northern states. I am presently working on a book on wealthy free women of color in antebellum Charleston, South Carolina.
Life Experiences:
I grew up in New York City. I spent my formative years in the Northeast Bronx.
Some of my free time is spent as a documentary photographer. I am an avid swimmer and I also joyfully embrace 19th and early 20th century NYC history.
Education:
PH.D. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2007
M.A. University of California at Los Angeles, 1991
M.A. New York University, 1988
B.F.A. California Institute of the Arts, 1986