Associate Professor of American History and the College
Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
Faculty Board Member, Karla Scherer Center for the Study of American Culture
Senior Fellow, Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, the College
PhD'98 Yale University
Mailing Address
The University of Chicago
Department of History
1126 E. 59th Street, Mailbox 102
Chicago, IL 60637
Social Science Research Building, room 204A – Office
(773) 702-3282 – Office telephone
(773) 702-7550 – Fax
Field Specialties
Modern US history; African American history; urban history; comparative racial politics; cultural economy
Publications
Selling the Race: Culture and Community in Black Chicago, 1940–1955. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- C-Span2 BookTV Discussion [video, 22 minutes]
Coeditor Charles Payne. Time Longer than Rope: Studies in African American Activism, 1850–1950. New York: New York University Press, 2003.
News
—Begins research for the Official Oral History of the Obamas
—Writes op-ed on the 1919 Chicago race riots for The New York Times
—Quoted in Hyde Park Herald article on the shooting of Tamir Rice
—Quoted in The Chicago Tribune article on 1919 Chicago race riots
—Participates in Q&A with the University of Chicago Magazine
