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Francille Rusan WilsonAssociate Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and HistoryContact Information E-mail: frwilson@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-1667 Office: KAP 450C |
Biographical Sketch |
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| Francille Rusan Wilson is an Associate Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and History at the University of Southern California. She is an intellectual and labor historian whose current research examines the intersections between black labor movements, black social scientists, and black women's history during the Jim Crow era. Her book, The Segregated Scholars: Black Social Scientists and the Creation of Black Labor Studies, 1890-1950, was awarded the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Prize for the best book in African American Women’s history by the Association of Black Women Historians. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed Wilson to the Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women in December 2007 and she was its president, 2009-2010. In 2011 Wilson was appointed to a four year term on the State Board of the California African American Museum by the Governor. Wilson was awarded the 2008 Bethune Award for Excellence in Education by Our Author’s Study Club of Los Angeles. She has served on the boards of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History and the Labor and Working Class History Association, and is a distinguished lecturer for the Organization of American Historians. | |
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 Ph.D. American History, University of Pennsylvania, 1988
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Description of Research |
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Research Specialties |
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| 19th-20th Century African American history; labor; race; gender | |
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Book |
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 Wilson, F. R.
(2006).
The Segregated Scholars: Black Social Scientists and the Creation of Black Labor Studies, 1890-1950. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press.
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Journal Article |
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Wilson, F. R.
(2008).
"Becoming ‘Woman of the Year’: Sadie Alexander’s Construction of a Public Persona as a Black Professional Women, 1920-1950". Black Women, Gender, and Families.
Vol. 2 (2 (Fall 2008)), pp. 1-30.
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Honors and Awards |
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Distinguished Lecturer, Organization of American Historians 2003-2012, 2003-2013
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Mary McLeod Bethune Excellence in Education Award, Our Authors Study Club, Inc., 2/9/2008. , 2007-2008
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Winner 2007 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize, Best book in African American Women’s History by the Association of Black Women Historians, 2007-2008
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Service to the University |
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Administrative Appointments |
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Director, African American Studies, 2011-2013
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Undergraduate Director, American Studies and Ethnicity, 2011-2012
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Media, Alumni, and Community Relations |
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State Board of Directors, California African American Museum, 2011-2015
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Commissioner, Commission on the Status of Women, Los Angeles, 2008-2014
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President City of Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women, 2009-2010
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Service to the Profession |
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Other Service to the Profession |
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State Board of Directors, California African American Museum, 01/2011-12/2015
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Commissioner, City of Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women, 2007-2012
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