Several outstanding professors in the College of LAS have been selected by their peers to receive named professorial positions, which provide financial assistance to support their research and teaching duties.
Kevin Mumford
Professor
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Research Interests
- Race Relations, African American, History of Sexuality
Research Description
My research focuses on race, politics, and sexuality in modern America, and how struggles over social difference and belonging unfolded in cities and institutions. I am also interested in the writing of biography and public history, particularly in how historians can address important social issues for audiences within and outside the university.
Education
- B.A. University of Wisconsin--Madison
- M.A. Stanford University
- Ph.D. Stanford University
Distinctions / Awards
- The Binkley-Stephenson Award, Organization of American Historians, 2011
- The Audre Lorde Prize, American Historical Association, 2011
Grants
- Fulbright Senior Scholar, Erfurt Universitait, Germany, 2011
- Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard University, 2008
- Schomburg Fellow, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NEH Library Award, 2005
Courses
- Problems in African American History
- Constructions of Race
- Postwar America
- The Seventies
In The News
The Windy City Times recently spoke with Professor Kevin Mumford regarding his newest book, Not Straight, Not White.
