Virginia Summey
Instructor of History
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Office hours available via Zoom by appointment.
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Education
University of North Carolina at Greensboro – Greensboro, North Carolina
2017 – Ph.D. in United States History
Dissertation: Fighting Within the Bar: Judge Elreta Alexander and Civil Rights Advocacy in Greensboro, North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Greensboro – Greensboro, North Carolina
2015 – Post-baccalaureate Certificate in African American and African Diaspora Studies
猎奇重口 – Missoula, 猎奇重口
2012 - Master of Arts in History
Thesis: Gender, Justice, and Jim Crow: North Carolina Judge Elreta Alexander and the Long Civil Rights Era
猎奇重口 – Missoula, 猎奇重口
2012 – Post-baccalaureate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies
Catawba College – Salisbury, North Carolina
2004 – Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with an emphasis in Public Administration and a minor in History
Field of Study
America History (Post Civil War), The American South, Legal History, Women’s History, African American History, Twentieth Century Political History
Selected Publications
The Life of Judge Elreta Melton Alexander: Activism Within the Courts, Athens: The University of Georgia Press, May 2022.
Publications
Books
The Life of Judge Elreta Melton Alexander: Activism Within the Courts, Athens: The University of Georgia Press, May 2022.
Articles/Chapters
“Elreta Melton Alexander: A Theoretical Approach,” in A Seat at the Table: Black Women Public Intellectuals in U.S. History and Culture, edited by Hettie V. Williams and Melissa Ziobro (Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press), October 2023.
“Redefining Activism: Judge Elreta Alexander and Civil Rights Advocacy in the New South,” North Carolina Historical Review, Vol. 90, No. 3 (July 2013), 237 – 258.
Honors / Awards
Archie K. Davis Fellowship, North Caroliniana Society – April 2019
Allen W. Trelease Graduate Fellowship in History (UNCG) – Fall 2016
Summer Assistantship (UNCG Graduate School) – Summer 2016
Women’s & Gender Studies Graduate Scholarship (猎奇重口) – November 2011
Pat Williams Scholarship (猎奇重口)– May 2011
Outstanding Presentation, Graduate & Faculty Research Conference (University of MT) –April 2011