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Dr Keira Williams
School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and PoliticsDr. Williams’ research is on the role of gender in U.S. history, with particular emphases on race, class, popular culture, crime, and politics.
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Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Twentieth-Century U.S. History
- Gender Studies
- African American Studies
- U.S. Cultural Studies
Public outreach & key achievements
- Frequent contributor to the website PopMatters, which features academics writing about popular culture.
Recent articles include:
From the Women of Dahomey to Black Panther’s Women of Wakanda
Anger Begets Anger’: Three Billboards as Southern Gothic