Jennifer James specializes in African American literature and culture. She has a particular interest in theorizing the relationships among literary praxis, representations of blackness and sociopolitical violence. Currently, Professor James is working on two projects, Black Jack: Andrew Jackson and African American Cultural Memory, which traces the history of three generations of ancestors enslaved by the President, and a cultural history of a little-known labor riot staged by black American miners during the “nadir.” She is the author of A Freedom Bought with Blood: African American War Literature, the Civil War-World War II, which was the recipient of a 2008 Choice Outstanding Academic Title.
