Participant Info
- First Name
- Jillean
- Last Name
- McCommons
- Country
- United States
- State
- VA
- jmccommo@richmond.edu
- Affiliation
- University of Richmond
- Website URL
- https://history.richmond.edu/faculty/jmccommo/
- Keywords
- African American History, Appalachian History, Environmental History, Social Movements, Black Power, Civil Rights Movements, Appalachia, Black Appalachians
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Dr. Jillean McCommons is assistant professor of history and Africana studies at the University of Richmond. She earned a Ph.D. in History at the University of Kentucky, an M.A. in Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.S. in Information from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and a B.A. in English from Michigan State University. Her research examines the social, cultural, and political history of Black Appalachians during the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power era. She has published an article in the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, essays on Black Perspectives, the blog of the African American Intellectual History Society, and book reviews in the Journal of African American History and the Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Her public-facing work includes op-eds in the Lexington Herald-Leader, History News Network, and Newsweek. She served as a governor-appointed member of the Kentucky Oral History Commission from 2022 to 2026.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- United States
- Expertise by Geography
- United States
- Expertise by Chronology
- 20th century
- Expertise by Topic
- Environment, Local & Regional, Race, Rebellion & Revolution, Women
