Expertise

Research + Teaching Interests

  • intersection of labor history and the struggle for racial justice in the U.S. South and twentieth century South Africa; South African labor relations and the state; civil rights

Regional Expertise

  • South Africa

 

Past Affiliations

Interim Associate Director, College Arts and Humanities Institute, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, African Studies Program, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Professor, African & African Diaspora Studies Program, School of International and Public Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences, Florida International University (past)

Associate Professor, Department of History, School of Humanities, Rice University (past)

Associate Professor, Department of History, School of International and Public Affairs, College of Arts & Sciences, Florida International University (past)

Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Affiliate Faculty, African Studies Program, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

African Studies Program, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
North American Studies, Russian, International Studies, History, Political Science
Degrees
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, American Civilization, 1990
MA, University of Pennsylvania, American Civilization, 1985
BA, Yale University, American Studies, 1984
Keywords
racial justice labor history african diaspora ethnicity slavery racism or race relation civil or human rights social movements