Katherine Burns

Katherine Burns is a Junior Postdoctoral Fellow at the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS), University of Bonn, supported by the Bonn-Yale Anton Wilhelm Amo Fellowship (October 2024–September 2025). Her research focuses on African American family histories through late 19th-century 'Information Wanted' advertisements.

Her current project, titled 'Keep this Unwritten History': Mapping African American Family Histories in 'Information Wanted' Advertisements, 1880–1900, explores genealogical and social networks amid post-Reconstruction racial dynamics. No formal academic awards or grants are listed in the provided materials.

While no student advisees or publications are explicitly noted, her affiliation with BCDSS positions her within interdisciplinary research on dependency and slavery studies.