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Kellie Carter Jackson is the Michael and Denise Kellen '68 Associate Professor and Chair of Africana Studies at Wellesley College. She also serves as Historian-in-Residence for the Museum of African American History in Boston and as a commissioner for the Massachusetts Historical Commission representing the museum.
Her research centers on the lived experiences of Black people with emphasis on slavery, abolitionism, the Civil War, political violence, Black women's history, and film. She examines how Black resistance—both nonviolent and violent—has shaped freedom struggles from the American Revolution to contemporary movements, with particular focus on Black women's contributions.
- SHEAR James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize
- Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalist
- Museum of African American History Stone Book Award Finalist
- Washington Post's '13 Books to Read on African American History'
As an advisor and public intellectual, she has mentored students in courses spanning Black women's history from Mumbet to Michelle Obama, American slavery through film, and Atlantic World slavery. Her expertise is frequently sought by major media outlets including The New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, NPR, and broadcast networks like CNN, BBC, and PBS. She co-hosts the podcast 'This Day in Esoteric Political History' and hosts 'You Get a Podcast' (formerly 'Oprahdemics').
