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Keisha N. Blain is a full professor of Africana Studies and History at Brown University, where she is also an affiliated faculty member in American Studies and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies. She completed her Ph.D. in History at Princeton University in 2014. As a Guggenheim Fellow and Carnegie Fellow, Blain is recognized as one of the most innovative historians in her generation, specializing in 20th-century United States, African American History, the modern African Diaspora, and Women's and Gender Studies. Her books include 'Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom,' which won the 2018 Book Award from the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians and the 2019 Darlene Clark Hine Award, and 'Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America,' which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Blain has authored several edited volumes and has a significant presence in media as a columnist for MSNBC. She is a founding leader of the African American Intellectual History Society and has served in various editorial roles. Blain's work has received numerous prestigious awards and fellowships, showcasing her contributions to the field and public discourse.
Department: Department of Economics