Associate Professor of History
Dr. Debra L. Schultz teaches civil rights and women’s history. She is the author of “Going South: Jewish Women in the Civil Rights Movement.”
Her research interests include the intersection of race, gender, memory and social movements. She has published on the European Romani
women’s movement, historic preservation of civil rights sites, and civic engagement. She leads civil rights study tours to the South.
Contact
Debra L. Schultz
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Positions
Projects
Traveling Exhibit: Jewish Women Civil Rights Veterans as Anti-Racist Activists; CUNY Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) Council and Documentation Project;
Emmett Till Campus Symposium; Student Civil Rights Study Tour to the Mississippi Delta
Grants
ACLS/Mellon Community College Faculty Fellowship; National Endowment for the Humanities; Teagle Foundation; PSC CUNY; AAC&U; Aspen Institute Wye Faculty Fellow
Academic Interests
Public Memory; Women in the Civil Rights Movement; European Romani Women’s Activism; Conflict and Memory; Civic Engagement
