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James O'Neil Spady is an Associate Professor of American History and Director of the Humanities Concentration at Soka University of America. He holds a PhD from the College of William and Mary, with MA and BA degrees from the same institution and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His research focuses on race, indigeneity, and colonization in American history, emphasizing community movements and settler colonial dynamics. Recent publications include Take Freedom (2025), Fugitive Movements (2022), and Education and the Racial Dynamics of Settler Colonialism (2020). His work analyzes topics such as the Denmark Vesey slave uprising, indigenous resistance, and the intersection of education and racialization in colonial societies. Spady has presented at conferences like the American Studies Association and CLAW, and his teaching includes courses on slavery, imperialism, and critical race theory.
Research interests are detailed on his personal website, and his academic positions include roles at Soka since 2006, with visiting roles at the University of Mary Washington and Virginia State University. Notable contributions include collaborative works on community activism against gang injunctions in Orange County and interdisciplinary approaches to historical praxis.
