Build a Better Future by Understanding the Past
Director of the Frederick Douglass Papers
& the Mary O’Brien Gibson Professor
of History and Africana Studies
Professor Kaufman-McKivigan has taught courses on the Civil War, Reconstruction, Labor, and Social Movements at Ohio State University, Cedar Valley College, Tarrant County Junior College, West Virginia University, and, currently, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI).
Courses & Projects
John Kaufman-McKivigan has written numerous books, articles, and more, available from various prestigious publishers, including Yale University Press, Cornell University Press. and Edinburgh University Press.
Publications & Speeches
Education happens within the context of a larger community. With the Frederick Douglass Papers, Dr. Kaufman-McKivigan has expanded research on the life and times of Frederick Douglass not only for scholarly purposes but also through community outreach and exploring the relevance of the themes of Frederick Douglass’s many speeches for current events and a broader understanding of history through the Hoosiers Reading Frederick Douglass Together project.
Frederick Douglass Papers
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
— Frederick Douglass.
Teaching… one step at at time
Contact
Feel free to contact me with any questions, collaboration proposals, speaker requests, or research needs.
Email
jmckivig@iupui.edu
Phone
(317) 274-5860