Professor of History
Karen Kossie-Chernyshev is a fifth-generation Texan and the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in the field of history from a Texas institution (Rice University). Her research focuses on African American women’s intellectual history, African American religion, and topics in the African Diaspora. Her edited works include Recovering Five Generations Hence: The Life and Writing of Lillian Jones Horace (Texas A & M University Press, 2013) and Angie Brown (Outskirts Press, 2017). Dr. Kossie-Chernyshev is also the founding director of SWATH, an interdisciplinary summer workshop on African American Texas History for local K-16 teachers: www.swathonline.org.
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About Karen Kossie-Chernyshev
Karen Kossie-Chernyshev is a fifth-generation Texan and the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in the field of history from a Texas institution (Rice University). Her research focuses on African American women’s intellectual history, African American religion, and topics in the African Diaspora. Her edited works include Recovering Five Generations Hence: The Life and Writing of Lillian Jones Horace (Texas A & M University Press, 2013) and Angie Brown (Outskirts Press, 2017). Dr. Kossie-Chernyshev is also the founding director of SWATH, an interdisciplinary summer workshop on African American Texas History for local K-16 teachers: www.swathonline.org.
| Present | Professor, Texas Southern University ‐ College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences, Department of History, Geography & General Studies | |
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