Beatrice Adams

Beatrice Adams is an Assistant Professor of History at the College of Wooster. She holds a B.A. from Fisk University (2012), an M.A. from the University of Chicago (2013), and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University, New Brunswick (2021). Her research focuses on African American history, migration, Black women’s experiences, and the intersection of racial and regional identities. Adams is particularly known for exploring how African Americans navigated the American South during migration eras and their struggles against systemic oppression.

Her educational background includes advanced studies at prestigious institutions, culminating in her doctoral work at Rutgers. Her current book project, We Might as Well Fight at Home, examines African Americans who remained in or returned to the South during the Great Migration. She also co-edited Children of the Struggle, a collection of oral histories from Tuskegee Institute High School graduates.

Adams’ research has been supported by grants from the Mellon Foundation, the John Hope Franklin Center, and the James Weldon Johnson Institute. Her writing appears in Southern Cultures, Black Perspectives, and the Scarlet and Black series. She teaches courses on African American history, the Black freedom movement, and intersectionality.

Her awards include a Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2022–2023) and Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2020–2021). Adams’ digital scholarship includes contributions to Rise Up Newark and the Scarlet and Black Digital Archive.