Jeanne Theoharis

Jeanne Theoharis is a distinguished professor of
political science at Brooklyn College and the author of numerous books
and articles on the Black freedom struggle, including the recent,
award-winning The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. Three years
ago, seeing the need for more spaces for the public to learn and
discuss new work in Black history, she co-created a monthly series at
the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with Sarah Lawrence
professor Komozi Woodard. That series—Conversations in Black Freedom
Studies—features a roundtable of scholars and writers on the first
Thursday of each month on a topic in Black history, usually centered
around a new book(s) in the field.

Theoharis has also worked as a faculty coleader in the Narrating Change, Changing Narratives research group of the 2014-2016 Seminar on Public Engagement and Collaborative Research.