Hampton Alum Becomes First Black Female President Of The American Historical Association

On January 6th, Dr. Thavolia Glymph became the 140th president of the American Historical Association. She is the first Black woman to hold this honor. Dr. Glymph is the Peabody Family Distinguished Professor of History and professor of law at Duke University. She is the past president of the Southern Historical Association.

Professor Glymph joined the faculty at Duke University in 2000. She is a graduate of Hampton University in Virginia and holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

She takes office amid the Association’s urgency to broaden the definitions of historical scholarship, advocating for the teaching of honest history in the K–12 classroom, and more.

Read  the American Historial Association appointment here