Joan Bryant

Joan Bryant is Associate Professor of African American Studies at Syracuse University. Her research examines racial identity formation and challenges to racial categorization in 19th-century America. Curates exhibitions on Black visual culture and civil rights narratives.

Research employs archival methods to recover overlooked histories of racial resistance. Authored Reluctant Race Men exploring how Black Americans contested racial practices during slavery and Reconstruction eras.

Recognized through Massachusetts African American History-Stone Book Award shortlisting.