Saje Mathieu

Saje Mathieu is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota and a Faculty Fellow at Harvard University’s Warren Center for Studies in American History. She holds a joint Ph.D. in History and African American Studies from Yale University (2001). Her research focuses on 20th-century African American and global diasporic histories, emphasizing migration, war, race, and transnational political resistance.

Education:

• Joint Ph.D. in History and African American Studies, Yale University, 2001

Research Interests: Dr. Mathieu examines themes such as the social impact of African American and West Indian railway workers in Canada (North of the Color Line), and the global experiences of Black soldiers during World War One in her upcoming book, The Glory of Their Deeds. She explores how race shaped military enlistment, transnational activism, and resistance to colonialism, apartheid, and Jim Crow.

Awards & Fellowships:

• Arthur 'Red' Motley Exemplary Teaching Award
• Harvard University’s Warren Center Fellowship
• University of Heidelberg’s Center for American Studies Fellowship
• National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Fellowship
• Harvard University’s W. E. B. Du Bois Institute Fellowship

Advising & Grants: No specific advising or grant details listed. Her current research emphasizes global histories of Black resistance and the intersection of race and military service.