David Ikard
Born
Troutman, North Carolina
EducationNorth Carolina State University (BA, MA)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD)

David H. Ikard[1] is professor of African-American and Diaspora studies at Vanderbilt University since 2017.[2][3][4] Ikard was previously a professor of English and director of Africana studies at the University of Miami.[3] He also taught at Florida State University and at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville.[3]

Ikard earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from North Carolina State University in 1994 and in 1997 respectively.[2] He also earned a PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2002.[2]

In March 2018, Ikard gave a talk at a TEDx in Nashville, Tennessee. During the talk, he debunked myths about civil rights activist Rosa Parks and explained why white people should care about the whitewashing of black history.[4][5][6]

Personal life

Ikard was born in Troutman, North Carolina[3] and currently resides in Nashville.[7]

Bibliography

  • Breaking The Silence: Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism (2007)[2]
  • Nation of Cowards: Black Activism in Barack Obama's Post-Racial America (2012)[2]
  • Blinded by the Whites: Why Race Still Matters in 21st-Century America (2013)[2]
  • Lovable Racists, Magical Negroes, and White Messiahs (2017)[2]

References

  1. ↑ "David H. Ikard". Goodreads. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "David Ikard". African American and Diaspora Studies & Callie House Research Center. Vanderbilt University College of Arts and Science. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Marie Deer Owens, Ann (2017-10-19). "New faculty: David Ikard, professor of African American and diaspora studies". myVU. Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  4. 1 2 "David Ikard". TED. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  5. ↑ "The Dangers of Whitewashing Black History | David Ikard | TEDxNashville". YouTube. TED. 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  6. ↑ "The real story of Rosa Parks — and why we need to confront myths about Black history". TED. March 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  7. ↑ "About the Author". The University of Chicago Press Books. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
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