Jillean McCommons
- African American history
- Social Movements
- Appalachian history
- Government Policy
- Black geographies
M.S., University of Michigan, 2007
M.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2003
B.A., Michigan State University, 2000
Jillean McCommons is a Ph.D. candidate and librarian. Her research explores the political and cultural history of Black Appalachians during the Black Power era. Her Op-Ed columns have been published in the Lexington Herald-Leader, the History News Network, and Newsweek. She is recipient of the Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship, the Robert S. Lipman Graduate Fellowship, and the 2018 Eller & Billings Student Research Award.
"Cabbell Gave Voice, History, Activism to Black Appalachians," Lexington Herald-Leader. June 6, 2018. (Op-Ed)
“Black Women Are Eagerly Using the Votes They Fought For,” Newsweek. December 29, 2017. (Op-Ed)
"Manuel Querino" in The Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas. 2nd Edition. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, December 2005.
