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Sowande’ Mustakeem is an Associate Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, affiliated with the Department of African and African-American Studies and the Department of History within the School of Arts & Sciences. Her work interrogates the transatlantic slave trade through the lenses of gender, violence, and medical history.
- PhD in History, Michigan State University
- MA in History, Ohio State University
- BA in History, Elon University
Mustakeem’s research focuses on the social histories of the Middle Passage, centering marginalized voices—particularly women, children, and the elderly—within the brutal systems of maritime slavery. She examines how trauma, disease, and gendered power structures shaped the commodification of enslaved Africans.
Her publications reveal patterns in enslaved resistance, medical ethics, and the psychological impacts of slavery’s violence. These works intersect Atlantic history, gender studies, and critical race theory, emphasizing the intersections of race, health, and systemic oppression.
- Dred Scott Freedom Award (2020) for Historical Literary Excellence
- American Historical Association Wesley-Logan Prize (2017)
- Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award (2022)
Mustakeem teaches interdisciplinary courses like 'Slavery and Memory in American Popular Culture' and 'Visualizing Blackness: Histories of the African Diaspora Through Film.' Her 'Slavery at Sea' soundtrack, created with the band Amalgamey, complements her scholarship on the emotional legacies of slavery.
