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Shirletta Kinchen

Assoc Professor

A&S Humanities

Orcid identifier0009-0004-2236-2800
  • Assoc Professor
    A&S Humanities

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Editorial & Scholarly Service: Editorial Board Member, Meek-Eaton Research Center for Social and Political Justice Policy Paper Series.

  • Museum & Cultural Work: Committee Member, Stax Museum Interpretive Planning Committee (Memphis).

  • Educational Outreach: Instructor and mentor, Hartford Youth Scholars Program (Connecticut), teaching history, writing, and social justice to middle and high school students.

  • Oral History & Research Projects: Interviewer for the University of Memphis Veterans Oral History Project (Library of Congress) and Striking Voices Project on the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike.

  • Public Engagement:  Panelist, moderator, and invited lecturer at national conferences and cultural institutions, including the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

  • Media Contributions: Guest on New Books in African American Studies podcast discussing her scholarship.

  • Academic Service: Leadership and committee work at the University of Louisville, including Director of Undergraduate Studies, Vice Chair, Interim Department Chair, and dissertation/thesis supervision.

  • Professional Affiliations: Active member of ASALH, American Historical Association, Association for Black Women Historians, and Coordinating Council for Women in History.