Keisha N. Blain, assistant professor of History, has been awarded a 2016-17 American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW).
The American Fellowships program has been in existence since 1888, making it the oldest non-institutional source of funding for women in the United States. The primary purpose of the Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship is to increase the number of women in tenure-track faculty positions and to promote equality for women in higher education. This fellowship is designed to assist the candidate in obtaining tenure and further promotions by enabling her to spend a year pursuing independent research. The primary criterion for fellowship awards is scholarly excellence.
Blain is an assistant professor in the Department of History, part of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. She is an historian of the 20th century United States with broad interdisciplinary interests and specializations in African American History, the modern African Diaspora, and Women’s and Gender Studies.