Matthew G. Washington, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
Contact Information
Assistant Professor of History
Office: G.R. Woolfolk Social & Political Science Building, Room 207-D
Phone: 936-261-2565
Email: mawashington@pvamu.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Teaching/Research Area of Interest
- African American History
- Civil Rights History in the American North
- Working-Class History
Education
- Ph.D., History, Morgan State University (2019)
- M.A., History, West Chester University of Pennsylvania (2014)
- B.A., Sociology with a History minor, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (2011)
Selection of Courses Taught
- HIST 1301: United States History I
- HIST 1302: United States History II
- HIST 2381 African-American History
- HIST 3350 American Chattel Slavery
Selected Research Activities
- The Jim Crow North: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, Forthcoming, June 25, 2024. (Click for Access).
- “Examining Interracial Civil Rights Activism in 1950s Pottstown, Pennsylvania.” In Contemporary Debates in Social Justice: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Exploring the Lives of Black and Brown Americans, edited by Farrah G. Cambrice, William T. Hoston and Marco Robinson, 131-141. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2021. (Click for Access)
- “Segregation, White Supremacy, and the Dangers of Political Opportunism: A Case Study of George Wallace and Hendrik Verwoerd.” In For the Sake of Peace: Africana Perspectives on Racism, Justice, and Peace in America, edited by Charles L. Chavis Jr. and Sixte Vigny Nimuraba, 51-67. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020. (Click for Access)
Selected Service Activities
- Chair of the Division Lecture Series Committee, Division of Social Sciences at Prairie View A&M, University, August 2021-present.
- Member of the Distance Learning and Technology Committee at Prairie View A&M University, Fall 2019-present.
- Director of the Humanities Summer Bridge Program at Prairie View A&M University, June 2020-present.