Romano, Renee Christine
Associate Professor of History
History Department
860.685.2497
Public Affairs Center 416
Associate Professor of African American Studies
African American Studies Program
860.685.3579
Center for African American Studies 232
Director, Center for African American Studies
Center for African American Studies
860.685.3579
Associate Professor, American Studies
American Studies Program
860.685.2497
Chair, African American Studies Program
African American Studies Program
860.685.3579
BA Yale University
MA Stanford University
PHD Stanford University
EMAIL:
rromano@wesleyan.edu
WESLEYAN PO BOX:
History Department
COURSES TAUGHT THIS SEMESTER:
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Renee Romano specializes in twentieth century African
American history, with particular research interests in
the civil rights movement, World War II, sexuality, and
historical memory. She is the author of "Race Mixing:
Black-White Marriage in Postwar America" (Harvard
University Press, 2003; paperback edition, University of
Florida Press, 2006). She has also co-edited the
anthology, "The Civil Rights Movement in American
Memory" (University of Georgia Press, 2006). She is
currently working on a book that explores the efforts by
southerners to come to terms with the racial crimes of
the civil rights era. This new work explores topics such
as contemporary trials for civil rights era crimes (like
the Sixteenth Street Church Bombing trials). the
Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and
other organizations that are working for reconciliation
or reparations throughout the South. Professor Romano
teaches survey courses on African American history,
World War II, and U.S. Foreign Policy, as well as
specialized courses on historical memory, the modern
black freedom struggle, and race and sexuality.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Twentieth century African American history, civil rights
movement, marriage and sexuality, historical memory
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS:
I belong to the Organization of American Historians, the
American Historical Assocation, the Association for the
Study of African American Life and History, and the
American Studies Association.
AWARDS WON:
Carol Baker Memorial Prize for Outstanding Junior
Facutly in the Social Sciences, 1999
OFFICE HOURS:
Fall Semester 2006: Wednesday 1:30-3:30 and Thursday
10:30-11:30 in CAAS 232, or by appointment.
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