Wesley Hogan

Wesley Hogan is a Research Professor at the Franklin Humanities Institute and History Department within Duke University's Arts & Sciences school. She has established herself as a leading scholar in youth social movements, civil rights history, and oral history methodology.

Her academic journey includes a Ph.D. from Duke University (2000), followed by teaching at Virginia State University (2003-2013) where she collaborated with the Algebra Project and Young People's Project. From 2013-2021, she directed Duke's Center for Documentary Studies. Her research centers on the history of youth organizing since 1960, with particular focus on Ella Baker's legacy and contemporary movement building.

Dr. Hogan's scholarly work reveals a consistent interdisciplinary approach bridging history, political science, and sociology. Her publications demonstrate expertise in critical oral history methodology applied to freedom movements, with particular attention to how movement knowledge is preserved and transmitted across generations. She examines the connections between historical civil rights struggles and contemporary youth activism, revealing patterns of intergenerational movement building.

• People Power: History, Organizing, and Larry Goodwyn's Democratic Vision in the Twenty-First Century (2021)
• On the Freedom Side: How Five Decades of Youth Activists Have Remixed American History (2019)
• Many Minds, One Heart: SNCC's Dream for a New America (2013)

Dr. Hogan co-leads the SNCC Digital Gateway partnership with the SNCC Legacy Project, bringing grassroots civil rights stories to wider audiences through digital archives and educational initiatives. She also directs the Reproductive Care Post-Roe Bass Connections team with Drs. Beverly Gray and Jonas Swartz, producing the Abortion Care Today audio archive. Her Fall 2025 teaching includes ETHICS 180FS on reproductive justice and Health Policy Bass Connections courses.