 | Janette Greenwood, Ph.D.Associate Professor Department of History Clark University Worcester, MA 01610-1477 (508) 793-7286 phone email: jgreenwood@clarku.edu |
Professor Greenwood received an A.B. from Kenyon College in 1977, an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1978 and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1991. She has been at Clark since 1991. She is affiliated with the programs in Women's Studies and Race and Ethnic Relations. Current Research and TeachingDr. Greenwood teaches a variety of courses in American history including American race and ethnicity, the Civil Rights movement, African-American history, history of the South, and the Gilded Age. She is the author of First Fruits of Freedom: The Migration of Former Slaves and Their Search for Equality in a New England City, 1862-1900, forthcoming, University of North Carolina Press, 2010, which examines the Civil War-era migration of former slaves to Central Massachusetts. Her first book, Bittersweet Legacy (UNC Press, 2004) explores the emergence and interaction of the black and white middle class in a New South city. For more information about Dr. Greenwood's research, go to Active Learning and Research.Selected Publications First Fruits of Freedom: The Migration of Former Slaves and Their Search for Equality in a New England City, 1862-1900 (forthcoming, University of North Carolina Press, 2010). "Allen Parker and Worcester's Civil War Era Migration," The Worcester Review (Fall 2007). "Southern Black Migration and Community Building in the Era of the Civil War: Worcester County as a Case Study," in Faces of Community: Immigrant Massachusetts, 1840-2000 , Massachusetts Historical Society, 2003.The Gilded Age: A History in Documents , Pages From History Series, Oxford University Press (August, 2000). Paperback edition published 2003. Bittersweet Legacy : The Black and White "Better Classes" in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1850-1910 , University of North Carolina Press, 1994.
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