Occupation | Professor, Author |
---|---|
Nationality | American |
Education |
Harvard University, B.A. UC Berkeley, Ph.D. |
Subject | History, Ethnic Studies, Religious Studies, Critical Mixed Race Studies |
Paul R. Spickard (born 1950) is an American historian and the author of several books on the subject of race and ethnicity, particularly multiracialism. [1] [2] His work was formative in rearticulating and moving beyond a black-white paradigm of race and mixed-race relations in the U.S. [3]
Spickard grew up in a working class and Black neighborhood in Seattle. [4] He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and his undergraduate degree from Harvard University. [5] He served as the Director of Research at the Institute for Polynesian Studies in Honolulu [2] as well as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at BYU-Hawaii. [5] In 2013, Spickard was named a Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of American Historians. [6] In 2011, Spickard co-founded the Journal for Critical Mixed Race Studies. [7] He currently teaches as a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, [1] where he is also an affiliate faculty in Asian American Studies and Religious Studies. [8]
In 2011, Spickard was awarded The Loving Prize at the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival for his groundbreaking research on mixed racial and cultural experiences. [1] [9] He has also been named a Fulbright Research Professor and Rockefeller Foundation Residential Fellow. [10] In 2013, he received the Richard A. Yarborough Mentoring Award from the American Studies Association [11] and has received over a dozen teaching awards at UCSB. [1]
Occupation | Professor, Author |
---|---|
Nationality | American |
Education |
Harvard University, B.A. UC Berkeley, Ph.D. |
Subject | History, Ethnic Studies, Religious Studies, Critical Mixed Race Studies |
Paul R. Spickard (born 1950) is an American historian and the author of several books on the subject of race and ethnicity, particularly multiracialism. [1] [2] His work was formative in rearticulating and moving beyond a black-white paradigm of race and mixed-race relations in the U.S. [3]
Spickard grew up in a working class and Black neighborhood in Seattle. [4] He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley and his undergraduate degree from Harvard University. [5] He served as the Director of Research at the Institute for Polynesian Studies in Honolulu [2] as well as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at BYU-Hawaii. [5] In 2013, Spickard was named a Distinguished Lecturer by the Organization of American Historians. [6] In 2011, Spickard co-founded the Journal for Critical Mixed Race Studies. [7] He currently teaches as a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, [1] where he is also an affiliate faculty in Asian American Studies and Religious Studies. [8]
In 2011, Spickard was awarded The Loving Prize at the Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival for his groundbreaking research on mixed racial and cultural experiences. [1] [9] He has also been named a Fulbright Research Professor and Rockefeller Foundation Residential Fellow. [10] In 2013, he received the Richard A. Yarborough Mentoring Award from the American Studies Association [11] and has received over a dozen teaching awards at UCSB. [1]