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Jason Morgan Ward is a Professor of History at Mississippi State University, specializing in African American History, the American South, and the history of racial violence. He holds a Ph.D. from Yale University (2008) and a B.A. from Duke University (2001). His research examines the intersections of race, politics, and memory in the 20th-century U.S., focusing on segregationist movements and civil rights struggles.
His notable works include Hanging Bridge: Racial Violence and America's Civil Rights Century (2016) and Defending White Democracy (2011), both award-winning studies of racial violence and white supremacist politics. Ward has also contributed to scholarly journals such as the Journal of Southern History and Journal of Civil and Human Rights.
Ward’s awards include the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Nonfiction Prize (2017) and the McLemore Prize from the Mississippi Historical Society (2017). He has advised graduate students like Amelia Golcheski and Tymesha-Elizabeth Kindell, and his teaching spans courses on modern U.S. history, racial violence, and the American South.
He has held fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wolf Humanities Center (2013–14) and served on academic committees, including the Promotion and Tenure Committee at Mississippi State University. His commentary on racial politics appears in outlets like the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.
