Joe William Trotter Jr.

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Joe William Trotter Jr. is a Giant Eagle Professor of History and Social Justice and past History Department Chair at Carnegie Mellon University.[1][2] He is an expert in African-American history.

Education and career[]

Trotter received his BA degree from Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota. He presides over numerous committees, including the Executive Councils of the Organization of American Historians[3] and the Society for Historical Archaeology, the Program Committee of the Oral History Association, the Jameson Fellowship and Program Committees of the American Historical Association, as well as Nominating and Program Committees of OAH and Francis B. Simkins Prize and Program Committee of SHA. Trotter also was a member and vice president of the Board of Trustees of the H. John Heinz III Regional History Center, a Smithsonian Affiliate,[1] and past President of the Labor and Working-Class History Association.[4]

Trotter also affiliated with the Ohio School Boards Association[5] and is a frequent contributor to Jacobin Magazine.[6]

In 2019, Trotter was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Joe William Trotter, Jr". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. ^ "Joe William Trotter, Jr". si.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. ^ "Joe William Trotter Jr". Organization of American Historians. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  4. ^ "Joe William Trotter". Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  5. ^ "Joe William Trotter Jr". Ohio School Boards Association. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  6. ^ "Joe William Trotter, Jr". Jacobin Magazine. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  7. ^ "Dr. Joe William Trotter , Jr". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved December 16, 2019.


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