Kellie C. Jackson
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- School: Gonzaga University
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Spokane, WA - 99202 - Dates at Gonzaga University: November 2010 - December 2011
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Biography
Gonzaga University - History
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College
Higher Education
Kellie
Carter Jackson
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Kellie Carter Jackson is a 19th century historian in the Department of Africana Studies at Wellesley College. She earned her B.A from Howard University and her Ph.D from Columbia University. Her research interests include slavery, abolitionism, political violence, black women's history, and historical film. Her book, Force & Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence (University of Pennsylvania Press) provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on the tactical use of violence among antebellum black activists. Carter Jackson is also co-editor of Reconsidering Roots: Race, Politics, & Memory (Athens: University of Georgia Press). Carter Jackson and Erica Ball have also edited a Special Issue on the 40th Anniversary of Roots for Transition Magazine (Issue 122}. Together, Ball and Carter Jackson have curated the largest collection of essays dedicated to the history and impact of Alex Haley’s Roots. Carter Jackson was also featured in the History Channel's documentary, Roots: A History Revealed which was nominated for a NAACP Image Award in 2016. Follow her on twitter @kcarterjackson.
Experience
Wellesley College
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
Kellie worked at Wellesley College as a Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
Columbia University
Teaching Assistant
Assisted Professors during the their course; helped compose exams and term paper assignments; led weekly discussion sections; graded all written work and determined final grades.
The History of the Caribbean, Natasha Lightfoot, Spring 2008
The History of the City of New York,Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
Research Assistant
Spring 2004
Worked under the direction of Donna Wells in the Photography department in the manuscripts divisionGonzaga University
History Professor
I teach American History and the Atlantic World. I specialize in 19th and 20th Century African American History.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Fellow
Conducted research on black abolitionists in various archives around New York City, completed research and writing for dissertation
Education
Columbia University in the City of New York
PhD
History
Howard University
BA
Print Journalism
Columbia University
Teaching Assistant
Assisted Professors during the their course; helped compose exams and term paper assignments; led weekly discussion sections; graded all written work and determined final grades. The History of the Caribbean, Natasha Lightfoot, Spring 2008 The History of the City of New York,
