Academic Background: B.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D. in History, Yale University.
Research Interests: African American history, Southern history, and women’s history.
Appointments: Professor of History, UCLA; Nickoll Family Endowed Chair in History.
Publications: Author of Life in Black and White: Family and Community in the Slave South (Oxford University Press, 1996).
Additional Contributions: Consultant for historical documentaries.