This work would not have been possible without the great support of my supervisor and teacher, Steven Miles, who not only encouraged me to follow my curiosity and passion, but also kept me on the right track with my research. As a teacher... more
The Atlantic slave trade represents the largest forced migration of humans in recorded history. Using an anonymous black woman as a critical point of entry into the slave ship experience, this essay explores the spatial hierarchies of... more
The long-term editors of three successful university press book series will discuss the nature and function of such series and the pros and cons of publishing one's dissertation as part of a series; they will also offer more general... more
Review Essay based on the following: Angela Y. Davis’s The Meaning of Freedom and Other Difficult Dialogues, San Francisco: City Lights, 2012 Beth Ritchie’s Arrested Justice: Black Women, Violence, and America’s Prison Nation, New... more
This essay chronicles the little known murder of and by a black woman during the closing decade of the nineteenth century in Kansas City, MO.
On the evening of 15 May 1891, Amanda Umble left home in search of her philandering lover William Jackson. Finding Jackson out with another woman, Amanda pulled him aside and questioned his recent whereabouts. As the pair began to... more
In Volume Edited by Bethany Jay and Cynthia Lynn Lyerly
This course attempts the impossible! We will study the history of a continent from well before recorded history to 1800! We will not, of course, be covering "everything," but will be looking at the major themes in African History during... more
Co-authored with Jeffrey Smith of the RFK Center in Washington, DC, this piece examines and analyzes the events around the "coup" in Maseru on 30 Aug, 2014 and the subsequent events. It also places events in their regional context.