Dr. Joshua Wright

Programs

• Global Affairs, B.A.
• History, B.A.

Courses Taught

HIS 210 The Historian's Craft: Why History Still
HIS 241 US to1865: America Comes of Age
HIS 345 Civil Rights Movement in the Twentieth
POLS 211 Women & the Law
POLS 213 Women and Politics
POLS 471 Politics & The Media

Education

• B.A., History, Loyola University
• M.A., Twentieth Century US History, George Washington University
• Ph.D., History, Howard University

Awards

• AHA Member Spotlight, April 3, 2018
• Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Travel Grant, 2017
• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Awardee, 2013
• Graduate of Distinction, Howard University, Graduate School, 2010

Select Works Published

• “The King and Prince of Abyssinian: Reflections on Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Jr.”
  Wright, J., Abernathy Magazine, 2017
• “Be like Mike?: The Black Athlete’s Dilemma.”
  Wright, J., Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men no. 4, (2016): 1-12., 2016
• “Black Outlaws and the Struggle for Empowerment in Blaxploitation Cinema.”
  Wright, J., Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men 2, no. 2 (Spring 2014): 63-86., 2014
• “Endnotes to Jay-Z’s 4:44: Mental Health Awareness in Hip-Hop. ”
  Wright, J., Abernathy Magazine, 2017