Title
Professor of African American Studies

Department
Dept of African American Studies


Faculty URL
https://africam.berkeley.edu/people/ula-y-taylor/

Email
uyt@berkeley.edu

Phone
(510) 229-3505


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Research Expertise and Interest
African American studies, cultural African American history, colonial times, civil rights movement of the 60's, African American women's history, cultural, institutional and individual racism, United States

Research Description
Ula?Taylor?earned her doctorate in American History from UC Santa Barbara.? She is the author of?The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam,?The Veiled Garvey:?The Life and Times of Amy Jacques Garvey, co-author of Panther: A Pictorial?History of the Black Panther Party and The Story Behind the Film and co-editor of Black California Dreamin: The Crisis of California African American Communities.
Her articles on African American Women’s History and feminist theory have appeared in the Journal?of African American History, Journal of Women’s History, Feminist Studies, SOULS, and?other academic journals and edited volumes.? In 2013 she received the Distinguished Professor?Teaching Award for the University of California, Berkeley.? Only 5% of the academic senate faculty receive this honor and she is the second?African American woman in the history of the University to receive this award.