
Garrett Freas
Ph.D. Candidate
Teaching Assistant
I am a historian of African American History and Black History, as well as a Black Studies scholar. My major research and writing interests range widely, including intellectual history, black thought, black radical politics, the history of race, and racial capitalism, among many other things. My work is informed by the philosophy and goals of Black Studies.
"We said in our introduction that man was an affirmation. We shall never stop repeating it. Yes to life. Yes to love. Yes to generosity. But man is also a negation. No to man's contempt. No to the indignity of man. To the exploitation of man. To the massacre of what is most human in man: freedom."
--Frantz Fanon (1952)
Contact Information
gd.freas@uky.edu
1706 Patterson Office Tower
Education
M.A., Historical Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2023
B.A., History, Mercyhurst University, 2021, Summa Cum Laude
B.A., History, Mercyhurst University, 2021, Summa Cum Laude
Research Interests
- African American history
- Black History
- Black Studies
- Intellectual History
- Black Knowledges
- Racial Capitalism
- Black Movements
- Social Theory
Affiliations
- History