Jessica Viñas-Nelson

Jessica Viñas-Nelson is an assistant professor in the School of Social Transformation. She studies African American intellectual history and identity formation in the 19th and early 20th centuries. She’s writing a history of Black debates and activism over interracial marriage and the related concepts of assimilation, extermination, and emigration. 

Expertise:

19th century African American History, 20th century African American History, Black intellectual history