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African American and Diaspora Studies scholar
David Ikard
BornTroutman, North Carolina
EducationNorth Carolina State University (BA, MA)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD)

David H. Ikard is professor of African-American and Diaspora studies at Vanderbilt University since 2017. Ikard was previously a professor of English and director of Africana studies at the University of Miami. He also taught at Florida State University and at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville.

Ikard earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from North Carolina State University in 1994 and in 1997 respectively. He also earned a PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2002.

In March 2018, Ikard gave a talk at a TEDx in Nashville, Tennessee. During the talk, he debunked myths about civil rights activist Rosa Parks and explained why white people should care about the whitewashing of black history.

Personal life

Ikard was born in Troutman, North Carolina and currently resides in Nashville.

Bibliography

  • Breaking The Silence: Toward a Black Male Feminist Criticism (2007)
  • Nation of Cowards: Black Activism in Barack Obama's Post-Racial America (2012)
  • Blinded by the Whites: Why Race Still Matters in 21st-Century America (2013)
  • Lovable Racists, Magical Negroes, and White Messiahs (2017)

References

  1. "David H. Ikard". Goodreads. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
  2. ^ "David Ikard". African American and Diaspora Studies & Callie House Research Center. Vanderbilt University College of Arts and Science. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  3. ^ Marie Deer Owens, Ann (2017-10-19). "New faculty: David Ikard, professor of African American and diaspora studies". myVU. Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  4. ^ "David Ikard". TED. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  5. "The Dangers of Whitewashing Black History | David Ikard | TEDxNashville". YouTube. TED. 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  6. "The real story of Rosa Parks — and why we need to confront myths about Black history". TED. March 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  7. "About the Author". The University of Chicago Press Books. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
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