Eddie Glaude
Encyclopedia
Eddie S. Glaude Jr., was born in Moss Point, Mississippi
. He is the chair of the Center for African-American Studies and the William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African-American Studies at Princeton University
. Glaude is a 1989 graduate of Morehouse College
where he was the Student Government President. He holds a master's degree in African-American studies from Temple University
and a master's degree in religion from Princeton University
.
and is a founding member and Senior Fellow of the Jamestown Project.
A noted scholar, Glaude began his teaching career at Bowdoin College
where he served as chair of the Department of Religion. Dr. Glaude has received numerous awards including the Carl E. Fields Award, and was a Visiting Scholar in African-American Studies at Harvard University
and Amherst College
.
His first book, Exodus! Religion, Race, and Nation in Early 19th Century Black America, won the Modern Language Association's William Sanders Scarborough
Book Prize.
Glaude has appeared on the Tavis Smiley
Show, Fox TV’s Hannity & Colmes
Show, CNN
, and C-SPAN
. Along with noted scholars, Dr. Cornel West
and Michael Eric Dyson, he also appeared in the documentary, Stand, produced and directed by Tavis Smiley
.
He is a contributor to the Huffington Post and is well known for being a regular contributor and panelist during the State of the Black Union
. In 2007, Dr. Glaude delivered the Founder’s Day Convocation keynote address during the 140th anniversary of Morehouse College
.
He and his wife, the former Winnifred Brown, have a son, Langston.
Moss Point, Mississippi
Moss Point is a city, north of Pascagoula, in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 17,653 at the 2000 census.On August 29, 2005, Moss Point was hit by the strong east side of Hurricane Katrina, and much of Moss Point was flooded or destroyed .-Geography:Moss Point is...
. He is the chair of the Center for African-American Studies and the William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African-American Studies at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. Glaude is a 1989 graduate of Morehouse College
Morehouse College
Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta, Georgia. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Wabash College, Morehouse is one of three remaining traditional men's colleges in the United States....
where he was the Student Government President. He holds a master's degree in African-American studies from Temple University
Temple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
and a master's degree in religion from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
.
Career
Glaude earned his Ph.D. in religion from Princeton UniversityPrinceton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and is a founding member and Senior Fellow of the Jamestown Project.
A noted scholar, Glaude began his teaching career at Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College , founded in 1794, is an elite private liberal arts college located in the coastal Maine town of Brunswick, Maine. As of 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranks Bowdoin 6th among liberal arts colleges in the United States. At times, it was ranked as high as 4th in the country. It is...
where he served as chair of the Department of Religion. Dr. Glaude has received numerous awards including the Carl E. Fields Award, and was a Visiting Scholar in African-American Studies at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
.
His first book, Exodus! Religion, Race, and Nation in Early 19th Century Black America, won the Modern Language Association's William Sanders Scarborough
William Sanders Scarborough
William Sanders Scarborough is generally thought to be the first African American classical scholar. Scarborough served as president of Wilberforce University between 1908 and 1920 after having been born into slavery...
Book Prize.
Glaude has appeared on the Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley is a talk show host, author, liberal political commentator, entrepreneur, advocate and philanthropist. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi and grew up in Kokomo, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of...
Show, Fox TV’s Hannity & Colmes
Hannity & Colmes
Hannity & Colmes was a live television show on Fox News Channel in the United States, hosted by Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes, who respectively presented a conservative and liberal perspective. The series premiered on October 6, 1996, and the final episode aired on January 9, 2009. It was the...
Show, CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, and C-SPAN
C-SPAN
C-SPAN , an acronym for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is an American cable television network that offers coverage of federal government proceedings and other public affairs programming via its three television channels , one radio station and a group of websites that provide streaming...
. Along with noted scholars, Dr. Cornel West
Cornel West
Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America....
and Michael Eric Dyson, he also appeared in the documentary, Stand, produced and directed by Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley is a talk show host, author, liberal political commentator, entrepreneur, advocate and philanthropist. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi and grew up in Kokomo, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of...
.
He is a contributor to the Huffington Post and is well known for being a regular contributor and panelist during the State of the Black Union
State of the Black Union
The State of the Black Union is an annual event in the United States to consider issues of particular relevance in the African American community, featuring prominent speakers such as John Conyers, Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton. Some politicians, such as Bill Clinton, also attend.It was to occur...
. In 2007, Dr. Glaude delivered the Founder’s Day Convocation keynote address during the 140th anniversary of Morehouse College
Morehouse College
Morehouse College is a private, all-male, liberal arts, historically black college located in Atlanta, Georgia. Along with Hampden-Sydney College and Wabash College, Morehouse is one of three remaining traditional men's colleges in the United States....
.
He and his wife, the former Winnifred Brown, have a son, Langston.
Works
- Exodus! Religion, Race, and Nation in Early 19th Century Black America (University of Chicago Press, 2000),
- Is it Nation Time?: Contemporary Essays on Black Power and Black Nationalism (University of Chicago Press, 2002), Editor.
- African American Religious Studies: An Anthology (Westminster/John Knox Press, 2003); Co-editor (with Dr. Cornel West).
- In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America (University of Chicago Press, 2007).