Barbara Dianne Savage | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1953 (age 71) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | author, professor, historian |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) Georgetown University Law Center (JD) Yale University (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | 20th century African American history, American religious and social reform movements, media and politics, black women's political and intellectual history |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
Barbara Dianne Savage (born 1953) is an author, historian, and the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.[1] She teaches undergraduate and graduate and courses that focus on 20th century African American history, the history of American religious and social reform movements, the history of the relationship between media and politics[2] and black women's political and intellectual history.[1]
Savage graduated from the University of Virginia and the Georgetown University Law Center. She holds a Ph.D. in history from Yale University.[3] Before entering graduate school, Savage worked in Washington, D.C., as a Congressional staff member and as a member of the staff of the Children's Defense Fund. During graduate school, she served as Director of Federal Relations, Office of the General Counsel at Yale University.[1]
In 2017, Savage was appointed the Harmsworth Visiting professor of American History (established 1922) at the University of Oxford.[3]
Works
- Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948 (University of North Carolina Press, 1999)[4][5][6]
- ed. Women and Religion in the African Diaspora with R. Marie Griffith (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006)[7][8]
- Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion (Harvard University Press, 2008)[9][10][11]
References
- 1 2 3 "Barbara D. Savage | Africana Studies". africana.sas.upenn.edu. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
- ↑ "Barbara D. Savage". CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL DIFFERENCE. 25 August 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- 1 2 "Five Black Women Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ↑ Achter, Paul J. (2010-06-24). "Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948, and: The Color of the Law: Race, Violence, and Justice in the Post-World War II South (review)". Rhetoric & Public Affairs. 3 (1): 110–113. doi:10.1353/rap.2010.0162. ISSN 1534-5238. S2CID 153488052.
- ↑ Jane, Rhodes (2000-04-01). "Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948". Journalism History. 26 (1). ISSN 0094-7679.
- ↑ Zilversmit, Arthur (2000). "Review of Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948". History of Education Quarterly. 40 (4): 511–513. doi:10.2307/369739. JSTOR 369739.
- ↑ Jones, Ida (2008). "Review of Women and Religion in the African Diaspora: Knowledge, Power, and Performance". The Journal of African American History. 93 (1): 125–127. doi:10.1086/jaahv93n1p125. JSTOR 20064273.
- ↑ Glazier, Stephen D. (2009). "Review of Women and Religion in the African Diaspora: Knowledge, Power, and Performance". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 48 (1): 204–206. doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01439_9.x. JSTOR 20486998.
- ↑ Johnson, Sylvester A. (2010-07-01). "Barbara Dianne Savage, Your Spirits Walk Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion". The Journal of Religion. 90 (3): 416–417. doi:10.1086/654861. ISSN 0022-4189.
- ↑ Finley, Stephen C. (2011-12-01). "Your Spirit Walks Beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion – By Barbara Dianne Savage". Religious Studies Review. 37 (4): 299. doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.2011.01566_9.x. ISSN 1748-0922.
- ↑ E., Bennison, Charles (2009-09-01). "Your Spirits Walk beside Us: The Politics of Black Religion". Anglican and Episcopal History. 78 (3). ISSN 0896-8039.
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