Howard University's Department of History

We congratulate alumna, Dr. Janell Pryor (PhD, 2025) who is an Asst Professor of Visual Culture at Bowie State University for earning tenure!

Please help us congratulate Christina Jones on being selected for a summer internship with Our Story Bridge Inc.

OurStoryBridge Inc. is the 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit that supports the collecting and free sharing of digital short-form oral histories (of three- to five minutes each, with scrolling photographs presented as miniplayers) using community crowdsourcing and curation.

Christina's focus will be on OurStoryBridge Listens: Present in the Moment, the new, non-partisan Partner Project by OurStoryBridge Inc. that documents the current circumstances in the United States that are deeply impacting Americans and others around the world. She will be collecting and processing short form oral histories, creating podcasts from stories, assisting with our Teacher's Guide, and working with our staff and volunteers as we support 44 Partner Projects in 15 states and the District of Columbia.

Great work Christina!

Congratulations to Anthony Taylor, a doctoral student in the department, who was recognized for Best Public History Research at the Northeastern History Graduate Student Association Conference for his paper titled “From Print to Pixel: Black World War I Veterans and the Spatial Politics of Citizenship." 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Anthony also presented papers titled “Redrawing the Lines: Black Veterans and the Boundaries of Citizenship” at the Ohio Association of History Conference and “Who Tells the Story? Black Women Educators and the Making of Black Military Memory” at the 3rd Annual Women and Gender Studies Conference at Morgan State University.

Let’s congratulate Anthony on his academic success!

Congratulations to Richard “Tre” Montgomery (doctoral candidate) on being accepted to the Immersion Writers Africa Seminar in Accra, Ghana: "History, Memory, Diaspora." August 5-11, 2026.

The 7-day immersive seminar in historiography, history writing, and memory work is sponsored by Rose Pan-African Education. The program consists of a small cohort of 7 scholars and writers, visits to historical sites in Accra and Cape Coast, and workshops exploring approaches to writing history in the wake of slavery and colonialism.

Let’s congratulate Tre on this exciting opportunity!

Congratulations to Drs. Davis and Warfield!

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Congratulations to Dr. Jody Benjamin on receiving the COAS Faculty Award for Outstanding Research and to Dr. Frederick Knight on receiving the Dean’s Award!

Let’s celebrate our wonderful faculty members!

Christina Jones has received the 2026-27 Samuel Rhoads Short-Term Fellowship from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s Program in African American History (PAAH), which will support her research at the Library Company this summer.

Christina is a first year doctoral student in the department. Let’s congratulate her on this amazing opportunity!

Congratulations to Vaughn Peoples-Hobson on recently being inducted into the Gamma of the District of Columbia Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.

Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest continuous academic honors society in the United States. Out of the 217 COAS students meeting the basic criteria, 54 were selected for Spring inductees.

Great work Vaughn!

Faculty and students attending the DC History Conference ❤️