Ethelene Whitmire
Position title: Professor, Department Chair Afro-American Studies
Email: ewhitmire@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-8952
Address:
Afro-American Studies
4113 H.C. White Hall
600 N Park St, Madison, WI 53706
Education
PhD – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MLS – Rutgers University
BA – Rutgers University
Research Interests:
African American History in the 20th Century and African Americans Abroad
Research fields – History, Scandinavian Studies, African American Studies (African American, 20th Century)
Methods and methodologies – Archival research
Theories – Black feminist theory
Areas of interest – African American history, transnational experiences of African Americans.
Classes Taught
AFROAMER 221 – Introduction to Black Women’s Studies
LIS 665 – Who Writes Your Story? Race & Gender in the Archives
AFROAMER 271 – Searching for a Rainbow: The Transnational Experiences of African Americans in 20th Century Denmark (Summer 2018 in Copenhagen)
Publications
Regina Anderson Andrews, Harlem Renaissance Librarian (University of Illinois Press, 2014)
Searching for a Rainbow: African Americans in 20th Century Denmark (in progress)