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Dr. Kimberly C. Ransom is an interdisciplinary historian specializing in the History of African American Education and Childhood. Her research examines oral histories and material objects related to Black children who attended segregated schools in the Deep South during the Jim Crow Era from 1940 to 1969. As a public scholar and artist, Kimberly utilizes her historical research to create public exhibits related to African American childhood and education. One of her recent projects involved a collaboration with dissertation respondents to establish a local museum, the Historic Pickensville Rosenwald School Museum & Community Center, which is the last remaining Rosenwald schoolhouse in Pickens County, Alabama. Her scholarship aims to illuminate the unique ways in which Black childhood has been marginalized in America, particularly within school settings. Kimberly has received numerous awards, including several fellowships for her research and leadership in education.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign • Champaign, IL
Teaching and conducting research in Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership.
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