professor of history
Will Guzmán is professor of history at Prairie View A&M University and author of Civil Rights in the Texas Borderlands: Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon and Black Activism. His next book will be on the biography of New Jersey civil rights attorney Raymond A. Brown. He is also coediting, with David H. Jackson, Jr., Maceo C. Dailey’s biography on Emmett Jay Scott (Texas Tech University Press, expected Fall 2022) and co-editing a book on Florida’s Black Power Movement. His abbreviated CV is at: https://www.pvamu.edu/sites/hb2504/cvs/All/wiguzman.pdf
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About will guzmán
Will Guzmán is professor of history at Prairie View A&M University and author of Civil Rights in the Texas Borderlands: Dr. Lawrence A. Nixon and Black Activism. His next book will be on the biography of New Jersey civil rights attorney Raymond A. Brown. He is also coediting, with David H. Jackson, Jr., Maceo C. Dailey’s biography on Emmett Jay Scott (Texas Tech University Press, expected Fall 2022) and co-editing a book on Florida’s Black Power Movement. His abbreviated CV is at: https://www.pvamu.edu/sites/hb2504/cvs/All/wiguzman.pdf
| Present | Former professor, Prairie View A&M University ‐ History | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2019 - Present | Professor of History (tenured), Prairie View A&M University | 2018 - 2019 | Associate Professor, African & African American Studies, New Jersey City University | 2017 - 2019 | Director, Hagan Africana Studies Center, New Jersey City University | 2017 - 2019 | Adjunct Instructor, Africana Studies & History Dept., Seton Hall University | 2015 - 2016 | Adjunct Instructor, African American Studies Dept., Florida State University | 2011 - 2016 | Assistant Professor (tenured), African American Studies & History Dept., Florida A&M University | 2011 - 2015 | Associate Director, Black Archives Research Center & Museum, Florida A&M University | 2011 - 2014 | Director, Office of Black Diasporan Culture, Florida A&M University | 2006 - 2011 | Visiting Assistant Professor, African American Studies & History Dept, Florida A&M University | 2005 - 2006 | Adjunct Instructor, African American Studies & History Dept, Florida A&M University | 2004 - 2006 | International Programs Manager, Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas | 1999 - 2004 | Senior Training Manager, Florida ABOUT FACE! Youth Program | 2000 - 2002 | Adjunct INstructor, History Department, University of Texas at El Paso |
Honors and Awards
- 2019 NAACP Community Service Award, #2086-Unit, 98th Annual Freedom Fund, Jersey City, NJ
- 2019 Community Service Award, Community Awareness Series, Free Public Library, Jersey City, NJ
- 2019 The Lena Smalls President’s Award, FAMU National Alumni Association, NJ Chapter
- 2019 Impact Award, I AM King organization, Harlem, NY
- 2018 Iron Sharpening Iron Award, National Action Network, North Jersey Chapter, Jersey City, NJ
- 2018 Trailblazing Pioneers Wall of Fame, Bethune Life Center, City Council of Jersey City, NJ
- 2018 Honorary Membership Award, National Society of Leadership and Success, NJCU Chapter
- 2018 Alumni Making a Difference Award, FAMU National Alumni Association, NJ Chapter
- 2017 Yvonne Ochillo Golden Pen Award, best 2017 journal article in The Griot
- 2016 Neighbor of the Year Award, City of Tallahassee and Council of Neighborhood Associations
- 2016 C. Calvin Smith Book Prize, Southern Conference on African American Studies, Inc.
- 2015 Teacher of The Year Award, Runner-up Finalist (among 545 faculty), Florida A&M University
- 2006 Outstanding Service Award, Dominican Disaster Mitigation Association, Santo Domingo, DR
Courses
- African American History–I and II
- African History, 19th & 20th Centuries
- Civil Rights Movement
- United States History–I and II
- Intro. to African American Studies
- Intro. to Professional Development
- Latin American History
- Teaching Social Studies
- Afro-Latin America
- The African Diaspora
- Readings in African American History to 1876
- Blackness & National Identity in Puerto Rico
- Peoples and Cultures of the Caribbean
- Malcolm X (Omowale): Life, Impact & Legacy
- Introduction to Latin American Civilizations
- Introduction to African American History
- Modern Afro-Latin America & Caribbean
- Blacks, Mass Incarceration, and the Police
- Senior Seminar
- African American Experience
| 2010 | Ph.D., University of Texas at El Paso ‐ History | |
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| 1999 | MS, Florida State University ‐ Social Science Education | |
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| 1997 | BS, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University ‐ African American Studies | |
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Contact Information
936-261-2555
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