Brenna Greer

Bio:

Brenna Wynn Greer is the Knafel Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Assistant Professor of History at Wellesley College. She is a historian of race, gender, and culture in the twentieth century United States who explores historical connections between capitalism, social movements, and visual culture. Her first book, Represented: The Black Imagemakers Who Reimagined African American Citizenship, examines the historical circumstances that made the media representation of black citizenship good business in the post-World War II era. She is currently at work on her second book, which examines the postwar development of black commercial publishing and its significance within U.S. culture and black life.