Barbara Krauthamer

Dean, Emory College of Arts & Sciences; Charles Howard Candler Professor of History, Emory University

Barbara Krauthamer is Dean of Emory College of Arts and Sciences and the Charles Howard Candler Professor of History at Emory University. She is widely recognized as a leading historian of African American slavery and emancipation in the United States. Her published work includes Black Slaves, Indian Masters: Slavery, Emancipation, and Citizenship in the Native American South. She is the co-author of Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery, which received a number of honors, most notably the 2013 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Non-fiction. She co-edited the textbook Major Problems in African American History, one of the leading textbooks in the field. A dedicated teacher and mentor, she received the Lorraine A. Williams award from the Association of Black Women Historians in recognition of her scholarship and efforts to create opportunities for Black women in higher education.