I am an assistant professor at the University of Michigan in the Program in American Culture, the Native American Studies Program, and the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies. My research and creative interests include African American and Native American interrelated and comparative histories and literatures; African American women’s history; and the histories, feminist theories, and life experiences of women of color in the United States. My book, Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom, was published by the University of California Press in 2005.

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