Benjamin D. Weber

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About Benjamin D. Weber

Benjamin Weber is a historian, educator, and associate professor of African American & African Studies and of Human Rights Studies at the University of California, Davis. He has been recognized for his research and teaching, including being named the National Council of Social Studies (NCSS) Outstanding Teacher of the Year for the United States, and winning an Omni Gold Award for The Calderwood U.S. History Series he hosts for PBS Learning Media. Benjamin received his PhD in History from Harvard University, and has worked as a Senior Associate at the Vera Institute of Justice and Alternate ROOTS, a Researcher on the Marcus Garvey and UNIA Papers Project, and a Public High School Teacher in Los Angeles. Benjamin's research, writing, and public engagement work has been supported by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, American Council of Learned Societies, National Endowment for the Humanities, Open Society Foundation, Council on Library and Information Resources, Charles Warren Center for American History, and Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.