Careers: A Discussion with Charisse Burden-Stelly, Black Studies Scholar

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Today on New Books in African American Studies I am chatting with Carleton College Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly. Dr. Burden-Stelly is a critical Black Studies scholar of political theory, political economy, intellectual history, and historical sociology. On today's episode we discuss Dr. Burden-Stelly's path from graduate school through, teaching, and scholarship as a committed scholar of Black Studies. We also discuss how she plans out her research and writing agenda. Dr. Burden-Stelly is one of my favorite thinkers in Blackademia, and by the end of this episode, you might just say the same thing. Enjoy, New Books in African American Studies family.

Charisse Burden-Stelly completed her Ph.D. in African Diaspora Studies at the University of California, Berkeley in 2016. She holds an M.A. in African American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. in Political Science and in African and African American Studies from Barrett Honor College at Arizona State University. 

Adam McNeil is a third-year PhD Student in colonial and American Revolutionary Era Black Women's History at Rutgers University.

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Adam McNeil is a Ph.D. Candidate in History at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

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