Wilson Jeremiah Moses is an African-American historian. He is Professor of American History

History of the United States

The history of the United States traditionally starts with the Declaration of Independence in the year 1776, although its territory was inhabited by Native Americans since prehistoric times and then by European colonists who followed the voyages of Christopher Columbus starting in 1492. The...

 at Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...

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Career

Wilson J. Moses obtained his A.B. and M.A. in British Literature at Wayne State University

Wayne State University

Wayne State University is a public research university located in Detroit, Michigan, United States, in the city's Midtown Cultural Center Historic District. Founded in 1868, WSU consists of 13 schools and colleges offering more than 400 major subject areas to over 32,000 graduate and...

, and his Ph.D. in American Civilization at Brown University. He currently holds the Walter L. Ferree professorship in the middle period of American History at Pennsylvania State University. Before his current assignment, he has held a series of posts at other American Universities:

• Assistant Professor of History at the University of Iowa
  University of Iowa
  The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
  
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• Associate Professor of History at Southern Methodist University
  Southern Methodist University
  Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...
  
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• Professor of Afro-American Studies and American Civilization at Brown University
  Brown University
  Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
  
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• Professor of English and History and Director of African American Studies at Boston University
  Boston University
  Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
  
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He also has been a Visiting Professor at Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

, and given lectures at several European and African universities.

Major works

• The Golden Age of Black Nationalism
  Black nationalism
  Black nationalism advocates a racial definition of indigenous national identity, as opposed to multiculturalism. There are different indigenous nationalist philosophies but the principles of all African nationalist ideologies are unity, and self-determination or independence from European society...
  
  , 1850-1925, 1978; repr., Oxford University Press, 1988, ISBN 978-0195206395
• Black Messiahs and Uncle Toms: Social and Literary Manipulations of a Religious Myth, 1982; Revised edition: Pennsylvania State Univ. Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0271009339
• Alexander Crummell
  Alexander Crummell
  Alexander Crummell was a pioneering African pastor, professor and African nationalist....
  
  : A Study of Civilization and Discontent, Oxford University Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0195050967
• The Wings of Ethiopia, Iowa State Univ. Press, 1990, ISBN 978-0813800196
• Afrotopia: Roots of African-American Popular History, Cambridge University Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0521479417 (or hardback: ISBN 978-0521474085)
• Creative Conflict in African American Thought, Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0521535373 (or hardback: ISBN 978-0521828260)

External links

• Homepage of Wilson Jeremiah Moses at the History Department of Pennsylvania State University
• Wilson J. Moses’ Blog, including his Resume