Dr. Michelle R Scott
Professor · Tenured
Department of Africana Studies Department of History Language, Literacy and Culture
Research interests
late 19th & 20th-century United States history, African American history, women’s history, black entertainment culture, and civil rights and social justice movements
Education
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Ph D, US History
— Cornell University (2002) The Realm of a Blues Empress: Blues Culture and Bessie Smith in Black Chattanooga 1880-1923
- MA, History — Cornell University (2000)
- BA, History — Stanford University (1996)
Presentations
- Trends in Undergraduate African American Historical Research 2013
- “Maryland and the Civil Rights Movement Struggles” 2013
- “A Disgraceful Affair”: Racial Violence, Civil Rights, and Black Vaudeville Theater in the Nadir” 2013
- "The Reconstruction Amendments,” 2013
- A Shift in the Sound of Soul: Popular Music in the Black Power Era,” 2013
- Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Experience 2013
Grants and Contracts
- Smithsonian Senior Fellowship 2014