Dana Elizabeth Weiner
Associate Professor, History Department | Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo, ON, CANADA
US Historian, expert on African American history, activism, debates over rights, citizenship in the US to 1880.
Biography
My research explores race, activism, grassroots politics and the historical connections among race, rights and citizenship. I am available to consult about Americans' long history of debates over rights and inclusion. I have published about antislavery and antiracist activism in the present day Midwest. I now examine how people limited rights on the basis of race in early 19th century California and the California "Black Laws."
I focus on citizenship claims and rights activism among California African Americans from 1821-1870, and I analyze and re-evaluate 19th century debates between the state and California African Americans over citizenship’s meanings.
Industry Expertise (3)
Education/Learning
Research
Government Administration
Areas of Expertise (17)
United States History
US History
Early US History
19th Century US History
US Race
Race in the United States
Activism in the US
US Slavery
Slavery in the US
US Women's History
US Citizenship, pre-1900
African American History
History of California
Abolition
Antislavery history
Rights in the US
Gender History
Education (3)
University of California, San Diego: BA, History (Honors) and Women's Studies
Magna Cum Laude
Northwestern University: MA, History (United States)
Northwestern University: PhD, History (United States)
Certificate in Gender Studies
Affiliations (1)
- Member of the Graduate Faculty, WLU
