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Sharony A. Green is a Professor of History at the University of Alabama, where she teaches in the Department of History within the College of Arts and Sciences. She maintains her office in 226 ten Hoor Hall and can be reached at sagreen1@ua.edu or (205) 348-7100. Her office hours are Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. by Zoom appointment.
Dr. Green earned her PhD from the University of Illinois in 2013. Her educational background informs her interdisciplinary approach to historical research and teaching.
Professor Green's research focuses on United States History, Gender and Women's History, and the History of Race. Her work explores gender urban history, transnational connections, and black-white intimacies in antebellum America. She examines how human beings encounter one another in complicated ways across different historical contexts, with particular attention to spatial politics and racial dynamics in Miami and Alabama. Her scholarship bridges academic and public history through creative engagement with communities and historical sites.
Her scholarly contributions have been recognized with numerous prestigious awards including the Newberry Fellowship (2021), PEN Jean Stein Grant for Literary Oral History (2020), and the Barbara 'Penny' Kanner Prize from the Western Association of Women Historians (2016). She has also received Ford Foundation fellowships, the Educator of the Year award from the Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society, and multiple dissertation and research awards.
Professor Green teaches a range of courses including American Civilization to 1865 (HY 103), American Civilization since 1865 (HY 104), The Nineteenth Century City (HY 300), American Swagger (HY 306), and Antebellum America (HY 311/AAST 395). Her pedagogical approach emphasizes using local communities and historical sites as 'labs' for learning. She has secured significant grant funding for her research on Zora Neale Hurston, black Miami neighborhoods, and spatial politics in the American South.
Her current projects include 'Zora Neale Hurston and the British Empire,' 'Zora Neale Hurston in Postwar Honduras,' and research on postwar spatial politics in Miami. She is also developing work related to 'The Grant Green Story' and continues to explore connections between the American South and the Bahamas, reflecting her personal heritage.
