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Randy M. Browne serves as Professor in the Department of History at Xavier University and Director of the First-Year Seminar program. His academic career focuses on reconstructing enslaved experiences within Atlantic world power structures through rigorous archival research.
His educational foundation includes:
- Ph.D. in Global History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2012)
- M.A. in U.S. History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2009)
- B.A. in History and Spanish, Eckerd College (2006)
Browne's scholarship pioneers nuanced examinations of enslaved agency within British Caribbean slavery systems. His research reveals how enslaved individuals navigated oppressive structures through resistance, survival strategies, and complex social negotiations, challenging reductive historical narratives about plantation societies.
His distinguished recognition includes:
- Ohio Academy of History's Publication Award for 'Surviving Slavery in the British Caribbean' (2017)
- Elsa Goveia Book Prize from Association of Caribbean Historians for the same monograph
Research funding from National Endowment for the Humanities, Library Company of Philadelphia, Huntington Library, and U.S. Department of Education supports his ongoing archival investigations. His undergraduate teaching explores African diaspora formations, slave rebellion dynamics, transatlantic slave trade operations, and colonial America's social hierarchies, providing students with analytical frameworks for understanding systemic oppression and resistance.
