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Crystal N. Feimster is an Associate Professor at Yale University with joint appointments in the Department of Black Studies, Department of History, and affiliations with American Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Born in North Carolina, she teaches courses on African American history, women's history, and the American South, with popular classes like 'The Long Civil Rights Movement' and 'Critical Race Theory.'
- Ph.D., Princeton University (2000)
- B.A., UNC-Chapel Hill (History and Women’s Studies)
Her research interrogates intersections of race, gender, and violence, particularly focusing on sexual trauma during the Civil War era. She has held prestigious fellowships at the American Academy of Arts and Science, Harvard's Du Bois Institute, Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, and Monash University.
Key publications include Southern Horrors (2009), winner of the W.E.B. Du Bois Book Prize, and the forthcoming Truth Be Told (Oxford, 2025). Her article on Civil War rape in the Kentucky Historical Society Register (2019) earned the Collins Award.
- Yale Provost Prize for Teaching (2013-2014)
- Poorvu Family Award for Interdisciplinary Teaching (2013)
- OAH Distinguished Lecturer (current)
Feimster contributes regularly to public discourse through op-eds in the New York Times and Chronicle of Higher Education, alongside media appearances in documentaries and podcasts. Her work has reshaped understanding of wartime sexual violence as both historical and ongoing social justice issue.
