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Heather Andrea Williams is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Formerly a Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she holds a B.A. and J.D. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University.
Her research focuses on African American history, with particular emphasis on slavery, post-Civil War Reconstruction, and migration studies. Current projects include a documentary film on Jamaican migration to the U.S. (1950s–60s) and a book on antebellum violence. She teaches courses analyzing slavery's legacies and the socio-political aftermath of the Civil War.
- Education: Harvard University (B.A., J.D.), Yale University (Ph.D.)
Her scholarly works include Self-Taught, Help Me to Find My People, and American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction. These explore educational resilience under enslavement, family separation during slavery, and foundational slavery narratives.
Awards include fellowships from the Ford Foundation, Spencer Foundation, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Her teaching and research bridge legal, historical, and cultural dimensions of African American experiences.
