Debra Ham

Biography

Debra Newman Ham won the 2011 Avoice award from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation for excellence in historical research. Currently she is a Professor of History at Morgan State University Dr. Ham served from 1986 to 1995 as the Specialist in Afro-American History and Culture in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress, and from 1972 to 1986 as an archivist and Black History Specialist at the National Archives. Dr. Ham worked as the guest curator of a major Library of Congress exhibit entitled "African American Odyssey: Quest for Full Citizenship," and as the editor of the exhibit catalog of the same name (1998).

Research Interest

African-American; women; archival methods; public history