Marquita Reed-Wright, PhD
Dr. Marquita Reed-Wright became a member of the faculty at Tennessee State University in 2024, serving as an Assistant Professor of History. Her research centers on the utilization of popular culture and material culture as memory by African Americans, enabling them to construct their own historical narrative. Her work also delves into the themes of identity and memory within the African American community. Dr. Reed-Wright obtained her Ph.D. in Public History with a specialization in Material Culture and African American History from Middle Tennessee State University in 2018. With substantial expertise in museum and archival management, she previously held positions as the Collections Manager at the National Museum of African American Music and as a Historical Research Specialist at the Center for Historic Preservation.
Contact
413A Crouch Hall, mreed48@tnstate.edu
Education
PhD, Public History: Material Culture, African American History, Middle Tennessee State University, 2018
MA, Public History, Florida International University, 2012
BA, American History, Florida State University, 2010
Courses Taught
African American History I: From Africa to 1865; African American History II: Make Good the Promise African Americans and the Fight for Democracy 1865-Present; US History; African American Experience
Research Interests
Public History, Material Culture, American History, 20th Century African American History and Identity, 20th-Century Popular Culture, and Museum Education and Theory, African American Literature and Afrofuturism