 Gerald
Gill, Associate Professor of History
Email:
gerald.gill@tufts.edu
Tel: (617) 627-2541
Education
- PhD Howard University, 1985
- MA Howard University ,1974
- AB Lafayette College ,1970
Major Publications
- Case for Affirmative Action for Blacks in Higher Education (1978).
- Meanness Mania: The Changed Mood (1980).
- Co-editor, The Eyes on the Prize - Civil Rights Reader (1991)
Courses
- History 86 - America in the Nineteenth Century
- History 87 - America in the Twentieth Century
- History 95 - The African American in United States History to 1865
- History 96 - The African American in United States History since 1865
- History 171 - The American South since 1865
- History 172 - Sports in American History
Current Research:
- Struggling Yet In Freedom's Birthplace: Race
Relations and Black Protest Activities in Boston, 1920-1972 (under
contract, University of Massachusetts Press)
Research Seminars
- The American Homefront
- During World War II
- The Civil Rights Movement in America
Awards:
| 2000 |
Recipient of Distinguished Service Award for
"Outstanding Contribution to the Tufts Community" from the
African-American Center. Award hereafter named the Gerald R. Gill
Distinguished Service Award |
| 1999 |
Award from Governor A. Paul Cellucci "in honor of
your dedication and commitment to education" upon being named 1999
Carnegie Foundation/CASE Massachusetts Professor of the Year |
| 1999 & 1995 |
Named Massachusetts Professor of the Year "For
Extraordinary dedication to undergraduate teaching by the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for
Advancement and Support of Education" |
| 1999 |
First recipient of the Tufts University Professor
of the Year, by the Tufts Community Union Senate |
| 1998 |
First recipient of the Lerman-Neubauer Prize for
"Outstanding Teaching and Advising," Tufts University |
| 1997 |
Recipient of the Arts and Science Multicultural
Service Award, Tufts University |
| 1995 |
First Recipient of the Allan MacLeod Cormack
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Collaborative Research, College of
Arts and Sciences for Humanities and Arts, Tufts University |
| 1993 |
Recipient of the Lillian and Joseph Leibner Award
for "distinguished teaching and advising," College of Arts and Sciences,
Tufts University |
Consultantships:
| 1987-2003 |
Educational Consultant and Series Adviser for
"This Far By Faith: Stories from the African-American Religious
Experience," (1996-present) "I'll Make Me A World" (1995-1999),
"America's War on Poverty," (1993-1994), "The Great Depression"
(1990-1993), "Eyes on the Prize" I and II (1987-1990), all by Blackside,
Inc., Producers, Boston |
| 1994-1999 |
Series Adviser to "Africans in America" produced
by WGBH, Boston |
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