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Tag: Dr. Sabrina Thomas

Meeting the moment

Dr. Sabrina Thomas shares five reading recommendations to best understand the role of Black studies in 2026 “Stony the Road presents a bracing alternative to Trump-era white nationalism. . . . In our current politics we recognize African-American history—the spot under our country’s rug where the terrorism and injustices of white supremacy are habitually swept.” …

Examining race, war, and responsibility

Dr. Sabrina Thomas, a 20th-century historian, joined the Department of African American Studies in fall 2025. An affiliate of the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies and Department of History, her first book, Scars of War, explores how the United States repeatedly denied Amerasian children, or children of American fathers and Vietnamese mothers born during …