Khalil Gibran Muhammad
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Khalil Gibran Muhammad, PhD, a native of Chicago
’s South Side, is the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
. Muhammad is a former professor of African-American history at Indiana University
.
Crain's New York Business chose Muhammad as one of its 40 under Forty class of 2011 honorees.
. His father is the noted Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times photographer Ozier Muhammad
. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania
with a B.A. in Economics in 1993. After working at Deloitte & Touche LLP, Muhammad received his Ph.D. in American History from Rutgers University
in 2004, specializing in 20th-century U.S. and African-American history. He spent two years as an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Vera Institute of Justice
, a nonprofit criminal justice reform agency in New York City, before joining the faculty of Indiana University
.
As an academic, Muhammad is at the forefront of scholarship on the enduring link between race and crime that has shaped and limited opportunities for African Americans. Muhammad is now working on his second book, Disappearing Acts: The End of White Criminality in the Age of Jim Crow, which traces the historical roots of the changing demographics of crime and punishment so evident today.
He has been an Associate Editor of The Journal of American History, and was recently appointed to the Editorial Board of Transition Magazine
, published by the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University
.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
’s South Side, is the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is the largest public library in North America and is one of the United States' most significant research libraries...
. Muhammad is a former professor of African-American history at Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
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Crain's New York Business chose Muhammad as one of its 40 under Forty class of 2011 honorees.
Background
Muhammad is the great-grandson of of Elijah MuhammadElijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad was an African American religious leader, and led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975...
. His father is the noted Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times photographer Ozier Muhammad
Ozier Muhammad
Ozier Muhammad is a photojournalist who has been on the staff of The New York Times since 1992. He has also worked for Ebony Magazine, The Charlotte Observer, and Newsday. He earned a B.A...
. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
with a B.A. in Economics in 1993. After working at Deloitte & Touche LLP, Muhammad received his Ph.D. in American History from Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
in 2004, specializing in 20th-century U.S. and African-American history. He spent two years as an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Vera Institute of Justice
Vera Institute of Justice
Founded in 1961, the Vera Institute of Justice is an independent nonprofit national research and policy organization. Based primarily out of New York City, Vera also has offices in Washington, DC, and New Orleans...
, a nonprofit criminal justice reform agency in New York City, before joining the faculty of Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
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Publications
Muhammad is the author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America. The Condemnation of Blackness won the American Studies Association John Hope Franklin Publication Prize. The annual prize is awarded to the best published book in American studies.As an academic, Muhammad is at the forefront of scholarship on the enduring link between race and crime that has shaped and limited opportunities for African Americans. Muhammad is now working on his second book, Disappearing Acts: The End of White Criminality in the Age of Jim Crow, which traces the historical roots of the changing demographics of crime and punishment so evident today.
He has been an Associate Editor of The Journal of American History, and was recently appointed to the Editorial Board of Transition Magazine
Transition Magazine
Transition Magazine , founded by Rajat Neogy , a Ugandan of Indian ancestry, was published from 1961 to 1976 on the African continent and was revived in 1991 in the United States. Born in Africa and bred in the Diaspora, Transition is a unique forum for the freshest, most compelling, most curious...
, published by the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
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