Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies

Before coming to UNC Dr. Jordan served as Director of The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History; as Visiting Professor at the Instituto Superior de Educação, Cape Verde and at the Universidad Politecnica Argelia Laya in Venezuela, and as Associate Professor/Founding chair, African/African American Studies at Antioch College. He currently serves on the Executive Board of the Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD); the Board of Stagville (NC) State Historic Site Foundation; the City of Durham Cultural Advisory Board and is a founding and current Board member of Our Children’s Place – for the Children of Incarcerated Mothers. He’s served on the Editorial Advisory Boards of The Black Scholar, and PALARA – Publication of the Afro-Latin American Research Association and is immediate past Chair, the Durham Historic Preservation Commission.

Dr. Jordan has a BA in Psychology from Norfolk State University; MA in African American Studies and MS in Preventive Medicine, Ohio State University; and PhD, African Studies/Development and Planning, Howard University.