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'''Jessica Millward''' is an American historian who focuses on African American history, early America, African diaspora, slavery, and gender. Her work focuses on the female slave experience by emphasizing narratives of black women during slavery. |
'''Jessica Millward''' is an American historian who focuses on [[African-American history|African American history]], [[Colonial history of the United States|early America]], [[African diaspora]], [[slavery]], and [[gender]]. Her work focuses on the female slave experience by emphasizing narratives of black women during slavery. |
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== Early life == |
== Early life == |
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Jessica Millward was born in [[American Fork, Utah]]. She was raised in [[West Valley City, Utah|West Valley City]], near Salt Lake City, in a Mormon household.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefeministwire.com/2014/01/mumia-vulnerability-and-hope/|title=Mumia: Vulnerability and Hope - The Feminist Wire|date=2014-01-23|website=The Feminist Wire|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> |
Jessica Millward was born in [[American Fork, Utah]]. She was raised in [[West Valley City, Utah|West Valley City]], near [[Salt Lake City]], in a [[Mormons|Mormon]] household.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefeministwire.com/2014/01/mumia-vulnerability-and-hope/|title=Mumia: Vulnerability and Hope - The Feminist Wire|date=2014-01-23|website=The Feminist Wire|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/166281/GRADUATION--HUNTER.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604095529/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/166281/GRADUATION--HUNTER.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 4, 2016|title=GRADUATION: HUNTER|date=1991-06-07|website=DeseretNews.com|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> |
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Millward attended school from elementary through high school in West Valley City, Utah, and spoke during her graduation ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/166281/GRADUATION--HUNTER.html?pg=all|title=GRADUATION: HUNTER|date=1991-06-07|website=DeseretNews.com|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> |
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== Education == |
== Education == |
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At the [[University of Utah]], Millward majored in history and minored in African American studies to earn her bachelor's degree. After completing her bachelor's degree, a four-year scholarship was awarded to Millward to teach in secondary school in Utah. However, Millward decided to attend the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], where she received her master's degree in African American studies and where she earned her doctorate. Millward was the first person on either side of her family to attend college and earn her Ph.D.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://continuum.utah.edu/back_issues/winter03/tty.htm|title=Continuum - - Winter 2003|website=continuum.utah.edu|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> |
At the [[University of Utah]], Millward majored in history and minored in African American studies to earn her bachelor's degree. After completing her bachelor's degree, a four-year scholarship was awarded to Millward to teach in secondary school in [[Utah]]. However, Millward decided to attend the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], where she received her master's degree in African American studies and where she earned her doctorate. Millward was the first person on either side of her family to attend college and earn her Ph.D.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://continuum.utah.edu/back_issues/winter03/tty.htm|title=Continuum - - Winter 2003|website=continuum.utah.edu|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> |
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[[Maya Angelou]]'s book, ''[[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]'', first sparked Millward's interest in studying African American history. Once in her master's program, Brenda Stevenson became an advisor to Millward. Stevenson's research intrigued Millward and encouraged her to study the slave experience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.ucla.edu/faculty/brenda-stevenson|title=UCLA History|website=www.history.ucla.edu|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> Newly learned knowledge from personal accounts and interacting with Stevenson's research became the foundation to Millward's book, ''Finding Charity's Folk''. |
[[Maya Angelou]]'s book, ''[[I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings]]'', first sparked Millward's interest in studying African American history. Once in her master's program, Brenda Stevenson became an advisor to Millward. Stevenson's research intrigued Millward and encouraged her to study the slave experience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.ucla.edu/faculty/brenda-stevenson|title=UCLA History|website=www.history.ucla.edu|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> Newly learned knowledge from personal accounts and interacting with Stevenson's research became the foundation to Millward's book, ''Finding Charity's Folk''. |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Millward is an |
Millward is an associate professor in the history department in the [[University of California, Irvine School of Humanities|School of Humanities]] at the [[University of California, Irvine]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=UC Irvine - Faculty Profile System|url=https://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5569|access-date=2021-03-01|website=www.faculty.uci.edu}}</ref> Before teaching at the University of California, Irvine, she taught African American history at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/1522018|title=Teaching African American History in the Age of Obama|website=www.academia.edu|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> |
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While at the University of California, Irvine, Millward founded the UCI Ghana Project, a research exchange program between the University of California, Irvine and the [[University of Ghana]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5569.|title=UC Irvine - Faculty Profile System|website=www.faculty.uci.edu|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> |
While at the University of California, Irvine, Millward founded the UCI Ghana Project, a research exchange program between the University of California, Irvine and the [[University of Ghana]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5569.|title=UC Irvine - Faculty Profile System|website=www.faculty.uci.edu|access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> |
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=== Awards and honors === |
=== Awards and honors === |
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Some of |
Some of Millward's honors include:<ref name=":0" /> |
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* Association of American University Women Post Doctoral Fellowship, 2006–2007 |
* Association of American University Women Post Doctoral Fellowship, 2006–2007 |
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* Lord Baltimore Fellowship, [[Maryland Historical Society]], Baltimore, MD, 2004–2006 |
* Lord Baltimore Fellowship, [[Maryland Historical Society]], Baltimore, MD, 2004–2006 |
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* Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, African-American Studies and Research |
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* Program, [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign]], 2003–2004 |
* Program, [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign]], 2003–2004 |
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* Nathan Huggins/Benjamin Quarles Dissertation Research Award, Organization of American Historians, 2003 |
* Nathan Huggins/Benjamin Quarles Dissertation Research Award, Organization of American Historians, 2003 |
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* Research Fellow, David Library of the American Revolution, Washington |
* Research Fellow, David Library of the American Revolution, Washington |
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* Crossing, PA, 2001–2002 |
* Crossing, PA, 2001–2002 |
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* Recipient of the Association of Black |
* Recipient of the Association of Black Women's Historians Letitia Woods Brown Award for best article on African American Women's History, 2007 |
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== Works == |
== Works == |
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''Finding Charity’s Folk'' is a book written by Millward and published by the University of Georgia Press in December 2015. ''Finding Charity's Folk'' encompasses oral history, artifacts, photos, and personal accounts acquired over 15 years of research to share the narrative of enslaved women who had been silenced. |
''Finding Charity’s Folk'' is a book written by Millward and published by the University of Georgia Press in December 2015.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Millward |first=Jessica |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQXoCgAAQBAJ&q=%2522Jessica%2520Millward%2522&pg=PP1 |title=Finding Charity's Folk: Enslaved and Free Black Women in Maryland |date=2015-12-15 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |isbn=978-0-8203-3108-9 |language=en}}</ref> ''Finding Charity's Folk'' encompasses oral history, artifacts, photos, and personal accounts acquired over 15 years of research to share the narrative of enslaved women who had been silenced. |
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== References == |
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Jessica Millward | |
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| Born | June 17 American Fork, Utah |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D |
| Occupation(s) | Author, historian |
| Employer(s) | University of California, Irvine |
| Website | jessicamillward.com |
Jessica Millward is an American historian who focuses on African American history, early America, African diaspora, slavery, and gender. Her work focuses on the female slave experience by emphasizing narratives of black women during slavery.
Early life
[edit]Jessica Millward was born in American Fork, Utah. She was raised in West Valley City, near Salt Lake City, in a Mormon household.[1][2]
Education
[edit]At the University of Utah, Millward majored in history and minored in African American studies to earn her bachelor's degree. After completing her bachelor's degree, a four-year scholarship was awarded to Millward to teach in secondary school in Utah. However, Millward decided to attend the University of California, Los Angeles, where she received her master's degree in African American studies and where she earned her doctorate. Millward was the first person on either side of her family to attend college and earn her Ph.D.[3]
Maya Angelou's book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, first sparked Millward's interest in studying African American history. Once in her master's program, Brenda Stevenson became an advisor to Millward. Stevenson's research intrigued Millward and encouraged her to study the slave experience.[4] Newly learned knowledge from personal accounts and interacting with Stevenson's research became the foundation to Millward's book, Finding Charity's Folk.
Career
[edit]Millward is an associate professor in the history department in the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine.[5] Before teaching at the University of California, Irvine, she taught African American history at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[6]
While at the University of California, Irvine, Millward founded the UCI Ghana Project, a research exchange program between the University of California, Irvine and the University of Ghana.[7]
Millward is involved with professional societies such as the American Historical Association, Association for the Study of the World Wide African Diaspora, Organization of American Historians, Association of Black Women Historians, Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Southern Association of Women Historians, Maryland Historical Society, and Delta Sigma Theta.[7]
Awards and honors
[edit]Some of Millward's honors include:[7]
- Association of American University Women Post Doctoral Fellowship, 2006–2007
- Lord Baltimore Fellowship, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD, 2004–2006
- Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow, African-American Studies and Research
- Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2003–2004
- Nathan Huggins/Benjamin Quarles Dissertation Research Award, Organization of American Historians, 2003
- Research Fellow, David Library of the American Revolution, Washington
- Crossing, PA, 2001–2002
- Recipient of the Association of Black Women's Historians Letitia Woods Brown Award for best article on African American Women's History, 2007
Works
[edit]Finding Charity’s Folk is a book written by Millward and published by the University of Georgia Press in December 2015.[8] Finding Charity's Folk encompasses oral history, artifacts, photos, and personal accounts acquired over 15 years of research to share the narrative of enslaved women who had been silenced.
References
[edit]- ^ "Mumia: Vulnerability and Hope - The Feminist Wire". The Feminist Wire. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- ^ "GRADUATION: HUNTER". DeseretNews.com. 1991-06-07. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- ^ "Continuum - - Winter 2003". continuum.utah.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- ^ "UCLA History". www.history.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- ^ "UC Irvine - Faculty Profile System". www.faculty.uci.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ "Teaching African American History in the Age of Obama". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- ^ a b c "UC Irvine - Faculty Profile System". www.faculty.uci.edu. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
- ^ Millward, Jessica (2015-12-15). Finding Charity's Folk: Enslaved and Free Black Women in Maryland. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3108-9.