Dr. Francoise Hamlin

Associate Professor

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Biography

Francoise N. Hamlin is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 2004. Her academic focus includes 20th-century U.S. history, African American history, southern history, and cultural studies. Professor Hamlin has held various fellowships, including the Du Bois-Mandela-Rodney Fellowship at the University of Michigan and the Charles Warren Center Fellowship at Harvard University. Her scholarship includes the award-winning monograph, 'Crossroads Clarksdale: Black Freedom Struggle in the Mississippi Delta during World War II,' which won the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize in 2012. She co-edited the anthology 'Truly Brave: Anthology of African Americans Writing Citizenship at War,' a finalist for the QBR Book Prize in 2015. Her current research focuses on the impact of children's activism during the civil rights movement and includes a forthcoming collection of essays on the history of black mass movements. Throughout her career, Professor Hamlin has received numerous awards for her excellence in teaching and her contributions to African American culture and history. She continues to be actively involved in academic communities and supports diversity and inclusion initiatives in higher education.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2007-01-01 — Present

Brown University • Providence, RI

Teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Africana Studies and History, focusing on U.S. history and African American history.

Assistant Professor

2005-01-01 — 2007-01-01

University of Massachusetts, Amherst • Amherst, MA

Taught courses related to African American history and cultural studies.

Fellow

2007-01-01 — 2008-01-01

Harvard University, Charles Warren Center • Cambridge, MA

Conducted research and contributed to scholarly discussions on American history.

Courses

Introduction to Africana Studies American Slavery Rethinking the Civil Rights Movement Autobiography and the Civil Rights Movement Modern American Culture Social Change in the 1960s Black Freedom Struggle Racializing Britain during WWII Emancipation and Obama African American Women's History

Requirements for Brown University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in Economics or related field
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Specialization Notes

Department: Department of Economics