Participant Info

First Name
Ashley D.
Last Name
Farmer
Country
(Country)
State
TX Texas
Affiliation
University of Texas-Austin
Website URL
www.ashleydfarmer.com
Keywords
African American Women, activism, civil rights, black feminism, Black Power
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Additional Contact Information
PhD
PhD

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About Me
Ashley D. Farmer is a historian who writes on race, gender, and activism. She holds a PhD from Harvard University and is currently an Assistant Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas-Austin.

She is the author of Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era (UNC Press, 2017) and co-editor of New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition (NUP, 2018)

Her scholarship has appeared in numerous venues including The Black Scholar and the Journal of African American History. Her research has also been featured in several popular outlets including Vibe, NPR, and CSPAN.

Farmer is a leader of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) and a regular blogger for its award-winning blog Black Perspectives. She is also the Co-Editor and Curator of the Black Power Series with Ibram X. Kendi, published with NYU Press.
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Media Coverage
http://www.bu.edu/research/articles/black-female-activists-ashley-farmer/
Country Focus
United States
Expertise by Geography
United States
Expertise by Chronology
20th century
Expertise by Topic
Gender, Race, Women