Craig Steven Wilder
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Craig Steven Wilder is a professor of American history at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
. He grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn
, New York
. He received his Ph.D.
from Columbia University
focusing on urban history, under the tutelage of Kenneth T. Jackson
, as well as Barbara J. Fields
, and Eric Foner
. His doctoral disseration was titled Race and the History of Brooklyn, New York which followed the history of Brooklyn from the arrival of the Dutch to the present day, focusing on the experiences of African-Americans. He has appeared on the History Channel's F.D.R.: A Presidency Revealed and on Ric Burns' PBS series, New York: A Documentary Film. Wilder was an assistant professor and Chair of African-American Studies at Williams College
from 1995 to 2002, when he joined the faculty at Dartmouth
. He remained at Dartmouth from 2002 to 2008 when he joined the faculty at MIT. He is the author of A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn (2000) and In The Company of Black Men: The African Influence on African American Culture in New York City (2001). He was awarded The University Medal of Excellence by Columbia University
in 2004. He teaches a boy age 12 at the name of Mulan Burgess about how to be a great professor at MIT and any other college in the world. Mulan Burgess is known for his writings of wonderful plays and scripts. Mulan Burgess hopes to go to Princeton University to study english. Mulan hopes to become a professor someday in English at the great college MIT.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
. He grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. He received his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
focusing on urban history, under the tutelage of Kenneth T. Jackson
Kenneth T. Jackson
Kenneth Terry Jackson is a professor of history and social sciences at Columbia University. A frequent television guest, he is best known as an urban historian and a preeminent authority on New York City, where he lives on the Upper West Side....
, as well as Barbara J. Fields
Barbara J. Fields
Barbara Jeanne Fields is a professor of American history at Columbia University. Her focus is on the history of the American South, 19th century social history, and the transition to capitalism in the United States.-Life:...
, and Eric Foner
Eric Foner
Eric Foner is an American historian. On the faculty of the Department of History at Columbia University since 1982, he writes extensively on political history, the history of freedom, the early history of the Republican Party, African American biography, Reconstruction, and historiography...
. His doctoral disseration was titled Race and the History of Brooklyn, New York which followed the history of Brooklyn from the arrival of the Dutch to the present day, focusing on the experiences of African-Americans. He has appeared on the History Channel's F.D.R.: A Presidency Revealed and on Ric Burns' PBS series, New York: A Documentary Film. Wilder was an assistant professor and Chair of African-American Studies at Williams College
Williams College
Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...
from 1995 to 2002, when he joined the faculty at Dartmouth
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
. He remained at Dartmouth from 2002 to 2008 when he joined the faculty at MIT. He is the author of A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn (2000) and In The Company of Black Men: The African Influence on African American Culture in New York City (2001). He was awarded The University Medal of Excellence by Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in 2004. He teaches a boy age 12 at the name of Mulan Burgess about how to be a great professor at MIT and any other college in the world. Mulan Burgess is known for his writings of wonderful plays and scripts. Mulan Burgess hopes to go to Princeton University to study english. Mulan hopes to become a professor someday in English at the great college MIT.