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Stephanie Evans
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Research Areas
Black women’s intellectual production and 19th and 20th century history; Research methods in African American history, Community service-learning and experiential education, Black Greek-letter organizations (BGLOs)
Biography
Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans is an Assistant Professor in African American Studies and Women’s Studies. In May 1999, she earned an Interdisciplinary Studies BA in Comparative Humanities - gender and cross-cultural studies - from California State University, Long Beach. In May 2003, she received her Ph.D. in African American Studies with a concentration in History and Politics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and in May 2002 earned a Master’s Degree in the same field. Also in 2002, she completed the Graduate Certificate Program in Advanced Feminist Studies.
Her research interest is Black women’s intellectual and educational history in the United States. Dr. Evans is the author of the forthcoming Black Women in the Ivory Tower, 1850-1954: An Intellectual History. The book, published by the University Press of Florida, chronicles Black women's struggle for access to higher education and presents historic philosophies of influential scholars.
