Dr. Julie de Chantal
Associate Professor of History (2018) & Public History Coordinator
B.A. Université de Montréal (2005), M.A., Université de Montréal (2008); Ph.D., University of Massachusetts – Amherst (2016).
Teaching and Research Interests: African American History, Women, Grassroots activism, Transnational movement, Pan-Africanism, Boston
Upper Division Courses:
- HIST 3130 African American History to 1877
- HIST 3131 African American History Since 1877
- HIST 3142 History of Black Women
- HIST 4134 The Civil Rights Movement
Website www.juliedechantal.com
Contact Information
Department of History
Georgia Southern University
P. O. Box 8054
Statesboro, GA 30460-8054
Office: #3012, Interdisciplinary Academic Building
Tel.: 912-478-4478
Email: jdechantal@georgiasouthern.edu
Fax: 912-478-0377
Selected Publications:
- “Beyond Combahee: Barbara Smith and Black Radical Feminism.” In It’s Our Movement Now: Black Women’s Politics and the 1977 National Women’s Convention, edited by Laura L Lovett, Rachel Jessica Daniel, and Kelly N Giles, 123–36. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2022.
- African Americans at Fort Pulaski National Historic Site, 1733-1900: A Special Study. Washington D.C.: National Park Service & Organization of American Historians, April 2022, with Heidi Moye and Anastatia Sims.
- “Digital Storytelling: A Beneficial Tool for Large Survey Courses in History.” The History Teacher 54, 4 (August 2021): 709-729.
- “Before Boston’s Busing Crisis: Operation Exodus, Grassroots Organizing, and Motherhood, 1965-1967.” In Motherhood in Public and Political Life. Edited by Simone Bohn and Pinar Melis Yelsalh Parmaksiz. Bradford, ON: Demeter Press, 2017. 193-211.
- “‘Extra! Extra!’: Boston Regulates Child Labor in the Streets, 1880-1895.” Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth. 19:2 (Spring 2020).
Professional Activities, Awards, and Honors
- 2024 Scholarly Pursuit Award, Office of Research Services, Georgia Southern University
- 2022 Faculty Award for Inclusive Excellence , Georgia Southern College of Arts and Humanities
- 2018-2019 Principal Investigator – Special History Study: African Americans at Fort Pulaski National Historic Site, Organization of American Historians – National Park Service to 2018-2023
- Research Associate, Five College Women’s Studies Research Center (2016-2018)
- Ermonian Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, University of Massachusetts – Amherst (2015)
- Joyce A. Berkman Endowed Fund in Women’s History and Women’s Studies Award, University of Massachusetts – Amherst (2013)
Current Research:
- Article in Progress: “Alice McKane: A Political Journey”
- Book Manuscript: Just Ordinary Mothers: Black Women’s Grassroots Organizing in Boston, from the Vote to the Busing Crisis.
Last updated: 8/2/2024
