Jacqueline Akins

Jacqueline Akins is a Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania's College of Arts & Sciences. She holds a BA from Bryn Mawr College and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a William Fontaine Fellow. She previously chaired the Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies at the Community College of Philadelphia, where she contributed to developing an African and African American Studies concentration.

Her research focuses on freedom discourse among African Americans during the American Revolution, discipline and community in the 19th-century A.M.E. Church, and the history of slavery in the northern United States.

Award recognition includes the William Fontaine Fellowship. No specific grants, labs, or ongoing projects are detailed in the provided text.