Janette Greenwood

Janette Greenwood is Professor of History at Clark University with affiliations in Women’s and Gender Studies and Race and Ethnic Relations. She received her PhD from the University of Virginia (1991) after earlier degrees from Kenyon College and University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Research explores African American migration, racial equality struggles, and visual representations of Black identity through photographic archives. Her scholarship combines social history with public history applications.

Publications focus on post-emancipation African American communities and visual culture analysis. Recent work examines photographic archives as tools for challenging racial stereotypes.