Tobin Shearer

Director of African American Studies

20102021

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Research Interests

I am interested in studying the history of race and religion in the United States and throughout the world. To that end I have studied how interactions between white and African-American Mennonites in homes and sanctuaries brought about changes as significant as those initiated in the streets by the formal civil rights movement. Currently I am writing a biography of the African-American historian and activist Vincent Harding.

Teaching Experience

AAST/HSTA 141 Black: From Africa to Hip-hop and Beyond
AAST/HSTA 343 African-American History Since 1865
AAST/HSTA 345 The Black Radical Tradition
AAST/HSTA 374 Voodoo, Muslim, Church: Black Religion
AAST 391 White Supremacy: History/Defeat
AAS/HSTA 417 Prayer and Civil Rights
AAS/HSTA 562 Problems in African-American History
HSTR 221 God: Past, Puzzle, Present
HSTA 502 Readings in Modern American History
HSTA 595 U.S. Religious History

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, History & Religious Studies, Northwestern University

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