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Karin Shapiro

Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of African and African American Studies
African & African American Studies
Box 90252, Durham, NC 27708
243D Friedl Building, Box 90252, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours Wednesdays 3:30pm-5:00pm  

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of African and African American Studies · 2013 - Present African & African American Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of History · 2020 - Present History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Previous Appointments & Affiliations


Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of History · 2003 - 2013 History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke


Director of Graduate Studies (DGS), African & African American Studies (July 2019-present)
  • Over 40 students in the Ph.D. and Masters Certificate Programs from Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and the Divinity School.

Academic Positions Outside Duke


Research Fellow · 1992 - 1997 University of Witwatersrand, Institute for Advanced Social Research
Convener · 1995 - 1997 University of Witwatersrand, Institute for Advanced Social Research Seminar on Southern Africa