Historian
As a social historian in the departments of History and Africana Studies at SUNY Binghamton, Bailey is dedicated to the study of AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, CARIBBEAN HISTORY, AFRICAN HISTORY and AFRICAN DIASPORA STUDIES more generally. Her research has centered on the history of SLAVERY and THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE and its impact on Africa and its worldwide Diaspora. She is particularly interested in bringing voices of the past that have been previously at the margins of historical discourse to the center of inquiry, and as such, often employs the method of oral history. Subfields of interest include: THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT in the United States and HISTORY AND MEMORY STUDIES on a comparative level. (Slavery, Holocaust, Rwandan Genocide, Rape of Nanking).
Undergraduate Courses
African American History to 1865
Race and Slavery in U.S. History
The Making of the African Diaspora
History and Memory
Caribbean Migrations
Africans and African Americans in Paris
Oral Histories of the Black Experience
Graduate Courses
The American Civil Rights and the Anti-Apartheid movements
Historiography of African Diaspora Studies
