Jillean McCommons
- African American history
- Social Movements
- Appalachian history
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 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. Her current research explores the political and cultural history of Black Appalachians during the Black Power era.
"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.
