MICRO-BIO

• Tammy L. Brown, PhD, is Associate Professor of Black World Studies, History and Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University of Ohio—Oxford. She earned her B.A. in International History, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and her Ph.D...More

  Tammy L. Brown, PhD, is Associate Professor of Black World Studies, History and Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University of Ohio—Oxford. She earned her B.A. in International History, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in American History and African Diasporic Studies from Princeton University. As Associate Professor of Black World Studies and History at Miami University of Ohio, Tammy’s teaching, writing, and service to her community are connected through her interest in art, technology, and biography as a methodological approach. Dr. Brown is author of the book City of Islands: Caribbean Intellectuals in New York (University Press Mississippi, 1915), and she is is currently writing a biography of rock ‘n roll virtuoso Jimi Hendrix centering on the spiritual dimensions of Hendrix’s music and his “Electric Church” philosophy. Less

EXPERIENCE

• Miami University of Ohio

  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Global & Intercultural Studies
  • February 2016 to Present

• Miami University of Ohio

  • Assistant Professor
  • Black World Studies Program & History Department
  • August 2008 to February 2016

EDUCATION

• Princeton University

  • PhD, American History & African Diaspora Studies
  • August 2000 to June 2007

• Harvard University

  • BA, History & International Relations
  • August 1994 to June 1998

Interests

• Black Internationalism

• Music

• Jimi Hendrix

• Art As Activism

• African Diaspora Studies

• American History

Links

• @browntammy: Twitter
• Tammy L. Brown, PhD: Facebook
• Tammy L. Brown's Professional Website