Racial Innocence

I am a connoisseur--or perhaps a connoisseuse?--of academic advice. I read it avidly and judge it fiercely. I curate it, share it, and sy...

Many grad students are daunted by the challenge of writing a syllabus for the first time. In my Graduate Proseminar in Studies in Women, Ge...

The New York Times has published Brit Bennett 's important commentary on the #CharlestonShooting in the context of the history of white...

I just said this to a friend, but I think it's worth sharing generally: it's my philosophy about book awards. I believe that first-t...

On August 24, John Eligon wrote in the New York Times that Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old gunned down by police in Ferguson, Missou...

I'm giving the Second Annual Childhood Studies Lecture at Rutgers-Camden on Thursday, September 19. The talk is hosted by the Departmen...

I am overwhelmed by this full-page advertisement that NYU Press placed in the current issue of the PMLA, which arrived in my mailbox today. ...