Department of History
Dr. Rae Ferguson
Associate Professor
Ph.D., U.S. History, Indiana University, Bloomington, June 1997
M.A., U.S. History, Indiana University, 1989
B.A., Anthropology/European History, Richmond College (CUNY) 1974
Research Interests:
African-American history, black women, African diaspora in the Americas
Courses Taught:
- HIS 150 - Introduction to African American History
- HIS 355/AAF 355 - Black Women in America
- HIS 393/AAF 300 - Topics: Black Women as Artists and Cultural Workers
- HIS 356/AAF 356 - Black Urban History
- HIS 481 - Senior Seminar: The Asian- and African-American Diaspora in the U.S.
- HIS 507 - Graduate Seminar in Oral History
Publications:
Catherine Higgs, Barbara A. Moss and Earline Rae Ferguson, eds. Stepping Forward: Black Women in Africa and the Americas (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2002).A Community Affair: Black Club Women's Work in Indianapolis, 1880-1930 (in revision, University of Illinois Press).
Contact Information:
Department of History
University of Rhode Island
80 Upper College Road, Suite 3
Kingston, RI 02881
Office: 217B Washburn
Phone: 401.874.4079
Email:ferguson@uri.edu
