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Shana B. Bernstein is a Clinical Associate Professor at Northwestern University, holding dual appointments in the Center for Legal Studies (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences) and the Sustainability and Social Impact Program (Kellogg School of Management). She specializes in 20th-century U.S. history, focusing on comparative race and ethnicity, civil rights activism, and environmental and labor issues.
Her education includes a Ph.D. in History from Stanford University (2003), an M.A. from Stanford (1998), and a B.A. in History and French from UC Berkeley (1994). She has held roles including Chair of the History Department at Southwestern University and Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern.
Bernstein’s research explores multiracial coalitions in civil rights movements, environmental justice, and labor rights. Her book Bridges of Reform reinterprets U.S. civil rights activism through Los Angeles’s Mexican, Jewish, African, and Japanese American communities. Current projects include a history of strawberries linking labor, environment, and consumer health.
Her awards include the Distinguished Lecturer title from the Organization of American Historians and a Northwestern University Career Development Grant. She frequently engages in public scholarship, addressing modern social issues through historical perspectives.
Bernstein advises on interdisciplinary initiatives like the Public-Private Interface at Kellogg and collaborates with organizations like the OpEd Project. Her work bridges academia and public advocacy, emphasizing actionable insights from historical research.
