PERSON: Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Employer
Princeton University
Position
Professor of African American Studies and Public Affairs
Biography
Khalil Gibran Muhammad (born April 27, 1972) is an American academic. He is the Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and the Radcliffe Institute. In 2025 he will leave his appointment at Harvard to become professor of African American studies and Public Affairs at Princeton. He is the former director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a Harlem-based Branch of the New York Public Library system, a research facility dedicated to the history of the African diaspora. Prior to joining the Schomburg Center in 2010, Muhammad was an associate professor of history at Indiana University Bloomington.
After graduation from college, he worked as a public accountant at the financial advisory firm Deloitte & Touche LLP for three years. Initially planning a career in business, influenced by Rodney King case and O J Simpson murder case, Muhammad decided to shift to history and academia.
From 2003 to 2005, Muhammad worked as a postdoctoral Fellow at the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit criminal justice reform agency in New York City.
In 2005, he joined the faculty of Indiana University Bloomington as professor of American history, African American and African diaspora studies and American studies.
From 2010 until 2015, he served as director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He succeeded long-time director, Howard Dodson.
In December 2015, it was announced that Muhammad would leave his position at the Schomburg center to teach at Harvard University. At Harvard he is professor of history, race and public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and holds a dual appointment at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
On October 2, 2024 the Princeton University Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Muhammad as Professor of African American studies and public affairs. His appointment will begin on January 1, 2025.
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After graduation from college, he worked as a public accountant at the financial advisory firm Deloitte & Touche LLP for three years. Initially planning a career in business, influenced by Rodney King case and O J Simpson murder case, Muhammad decided to shift to history and academia.
From 2003 to 2005, Muhammad worked as a postdoctoral Fellow at the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit criminal justice reform agency in New York City.
In 2005, he joined the faculty of Indiana University Bloomington as professor of American history, African American and African diaspora studies and American studies.
From 2010 until 2015, he served as director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He succeeded long-time director, Howard Dodson.
In December 2015, it was announced that Muhammad would leave his position at the Schomburg center to teach at Harvard University. At Harvard he is professor of history, race and public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and holds a dual appointment at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
On October 2, 2024 the Princeton University Board of Trustees approved the appointment of Muhammad as Professor of African American studies and public affairs. His appointment will begin on January 1, 2025.
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