Afro-Am Studies welcomes new faculty member

September 24th 2009
Arts & Humanities
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The Department of Afro-American Studies welcomes a new colleague, Assistant Professor Christy Clark-Pujara, a historian whose interests include U.S. slavery and slave rebellions in the Americas.

Clark-Pujara's doctoral research on slavery and emancipation in Rhode Island focuses attention on the history of bondage in a state rarely associated with plantation agriculture.

Her work expands the programmatic reach of Afro-American Studies and makes a welcome contribution to the larger community of scholars engaged in mapping and interpreting the history of the African diaspora.  Welcome, Professor Clark-Pujara!