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Allen E. Tullos is a Professor of History at Emory University and Co-Director of the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship. He holds joint appointments in American Studies (Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts) and affiliated roles in African American Studies, Women’s Studies, and the Department of History. His research focuses on critical spatial theory, digital scholarship, American popular music, and the U.S. South. Tullos earned his PhD in American Studies from Yale University (1985), with earlier degrees from the University of North Carolina and the University of Alabama.
Key roles include co-founding the peer-reviewed journal Southern Spaces, producing award-winning documentaries (e.g., A Singing Stream), and directing the Poets in Place multimedia series. His book Habits of Industry won the Charles S. Sydnor Prize. Tullos has secured major grants from the NEH, Mellon Foundation, and Emory’s Digital Scholarship initiatives.
Teaching spans undergraduate and graduate courses in American Studies, Southern History, and digital media. He has advised over 30 PhD students, many now in academic or museum leadership roles. Tullos’s work bridges traditional scholarship with digital innovation, emphasizing regional narratives and public humanities.
Grants include the NEH’s Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database enhancement and Emory’s Sickle Cell Information Center redesign. His service includes advisory roles for the American Routes radio program, Encyclopedia of Alabama, and Folkstreams documentary archive.
