Associate Professor of History and African American and Black Diaspora Studies
African American history; U.S. urban, women’s, and childhood history; history of social science; history of race and education in the U.S.; Black intellectual history
Paula C. Austin is a U.S. historian with a focus on African American history, the history of race and racism, visual culture, urban and women’s history, history of social science, and the history of childhood. She is particularly interested in interiority and broadening the narrow definitions of intellectual history. Her book, Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC: Navigating the Politics of Everyday Life (NYU Press) is a social and intellectual history of poor and working class young black people in early twentieth century, racially segregated Washington, D.C.
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CAS series: The Journey – Paula Austin from BU Alumni & Friends on Vimeo.