Sonya Ramsey

Biography: 

Sonya Ramsey is an associate professor of History and Women’s and Gender Studies at the UNC Charlotte. An experienced oral historian, she specializes in African American Gender History, the History of Education, and Southern History. She is the author of several historical works, including, "Reading, Writing, and Segregation: a Century of Black Women Teachers in Nashville" (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press). Currently, she is completing her manuscript, "After the Marches: Bertha Maxwell-Roddey's Educational Activism, Reconfiguring Civil Rights in the Desegregated South," which is under advanced contract with the University Press of Florida. 

Job Title: 
Associate Professor of History and Women's and Gender Studies
Highest Degree: 
Ph.D.
Highest Degree Institution: 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department: 
History
College/Organization: 
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
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