Nell Irvin Painter is a leading historian of the United States. She is the Edwards Professor of American History Emerita at Princeton University. She was Director of Princeton’s Program in African-American Studies from 1997 to 2000. In addition to her doctorate in history from Harvard University, she has received honorary doctorates from Wesleyan, Dartmouth, SUNY-New Paltz, and Yale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a scholar, Professor Painter has published numerous books, articles, reviews, and other essays. Her most recent book, a New York Times Bestseller, is\u00a0The History of White People<\/em>. Six earlier books are also still in print. She has served on numerous editorial boards and as an officer of many different professional organizations, including the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the American Antiquarian Society, the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, and the Association of Black Women Historians. She is currently a Councillor of the prestigious Society of American Historians. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nell Irvin Painter is a leading historian of the United States. She is the Edwards Professor of American History Emerita at Princeton University. She was Director of Princeton’s Program in African-American Studies from 1997 to 2000. 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He is also the founding director of the LBJ School\u2019s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy<\/a>. His career focus has been on \u201cBlack Power Studies,\u201d which encompasses interdisciplinary fields such as Africana studies, law and society, women\u2019s and ethnic studies, and political science. Prior to joining the UT faculty, Joseph was a professor at Tufts University, where he founded the school\u2019s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy to promote engaged research and scholarship focused on the ways issues of race and democracy affect people\u2019s lives. In addition to being a frequent commentator on issues of race, democracy and civil rights, Joseph wrote the award-winning books Waiting \u2018Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America<\/em><\/a> and Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama<\/em><\/a>. 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