Craig Steven Wilder is a professor of American history at

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

Biography

He grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant in

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. He received his

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from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

focusing on urban history, under the tutelage of Kenneth T. Jackson, as well as Barbara J. Fields and

Eric Foner Eric Foner (; born February 7, 1943) is an American historian. He writes extensively on American political history, the history of freedom, the early history of the Republican Party, African-American biography, the American Civil War, Reconstru ...

. His doctoral dissertation 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 is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a col ...

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 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the mo ...

. He is the author of ''A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn'' (2000), ''In The Company of Black Men: The African Influence on African American Culture in New York City'' (2001) and ''Ebony & Ivy'' (2013). He was awarded The University Medal of Excellence by

in 2004.

External links

Craig Steven Wilder MIT Faculty Website

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