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Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in History, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A. in African American Studies, UCLA; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles.

Research Interests: Specializes in African American history, gender, slavery, and the history of the U.S. South. Her work examines economic and social aspects of enslavement.

Appointments: Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at The University of Texas at Austin.

Awards: Recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (Genius Grant); multiple book awards for The Price for Their Pound of Flesh.

Publications: Author of The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave (Beacon Press, 2017) and Swing the Sickle for the Harvest is Ripe (University of Illinois Press).

Additional Contributions: Frequent contributor to public history projects and media, including PBS and The New York Times.