J. Jacob Calhoun
Scholar of U.S. and African American History, Educator, Public Historian, and Digital Humanist
About
As a Byron K. Trippet Assistant Professor of History and the David A. Moore Chair in American History at Wabash College, I have a deep passion for understanding the complexities of the American past. I have a commitment to rigorous research, inclusive pedagogy, and public engagement. I strive to use my scholarship and teaching to address inequality and work toward social and racial justice. I am a native of the Deep South, with roots in Alabama and Louisiana. My current book project pertains to the operations of Black militias and firearm usage during Reconstruction, and my second project revolves around the records of nineteenth-century coroners.