Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Race Relations, African American, History of Sexuality
Professional Information
My research focuses on race, politics, and sexuality in modern America, and how struggles over social difference and belonging unfolded in cities and institutions. I am also interested in the writing of biography and public history, particularly in how historians can address important social issues for audiences within and outside the university.
Education
B.A. University of Wisconsin--Madison
M.A. Stanford University
Ph.D. Stanford University
Honors & Awards
The Binkley-Stephenson Award, Organization of American Historians, 2011
The Audre Lorde Prize, American Historical Association, 2011
Grants
Fulbright Senior Scholar, Erfurt Universitait, Germany, 2011
Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard University, 2008
Schomburg Fellow, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NEH Library Award, 2005
Teaching
Problems in African American History
Constructions of Race
Postwar America
The Seventies
Office Address
446G Greg Hall
810 S Wright
Urbana, IL 61801
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Re-centering Race and Class in the "Queer Career"
Mumford, K., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Modern American History.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Black Gay Lives Matter: Mobilizing Sexual Identities in the Eras of Reagan and Thatcher Conservatism
Mumford, K., Aug 15 2020, Beyond the Politics of the Closet: Gay Rights and the American State Since the 1970s. Bell, J. (ed.). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, p. 118-138Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Introduction
Mumford, K., Mar 1 2019, In: Journal of African American History. 104, 2, p. 171-175 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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LGBT Themes in African American History
Mumford, K. (Editor), 2019, In: Journal of African American History. 104, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
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Review: P.B. Levy's The Great Uprising: Race Riots in Urban America during the 1960s
Mumford, K., Dec 2019, In: American Historical Review. 124, 5, p. 1919-1919Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
Press/Media
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Illinois history professor awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
4/9/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Historian’s new book tells neglected history of black gay men
3/15/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Comparing the '60s civil rights movement and today's gay rights movement
7/2/13
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment / Interview
Honors & Recognition
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Neither Straight Nor White: Remaking Black Gay History from the March on Washington to the AIDS Crisis
Mumford, K. (Invited speaker)
Apr 2015Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
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Not Straight, Not White: Intersections of Racism and Homophobia
Mumford, K. (Invited speaker)
Jun 2015Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
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Betwixt Baldwin, Cleaver, and Black Gay History
Mumford, K. (Speaker)
Mar 2014Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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The John D'Emilio Retirement Conference
Mumford, K. (Invited speaker)
Oct 2014Activity: Talk types › Invited talk
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Beyond the Closet: Reinventing African-American History, 1963-1988
Mumford, K. (Speaker)
Oct 2013Activity: Talk types › Invited talk