Elsa Barkley Brown Receives ARHU Faculty Service Award

Elsa Barkley Brown Recognized for Service to the College

Elsa Barkley Brown has received the 2024 ARHU Faculty Service Award. She has performed service work for the Department of History and the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, as well as serving the college and the campus. In ARHU she served two terms on the Dean’s Senior Scholar Selection Committee, as well as numerous search committees, the African American Digital Humanities Advisory Board, the Committee on New Technologies, and the Committee to Vet Online Teaching Proposals.  For the Department of History and the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Barkley Brown served in several administrative positions inncluding Associate Chair of History. Among her other contributions is work in curriculum development and helping select student award recipientsy. Barkley Brown is especially passionate about securing support for underrepresented and minority students.