Ashley D. Farmer
Assistant Professor — Ph.D., Harvard University
Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and History

Contact
- E-mail: adf@austin.utexas.edu
- Phone: 512-475-7971
- Office: GWB 3.200J
- Office Hours: Fall 2019: W 1:30-3:30pm. Note: All office hours take place in GWB 3.200J (Gordon-White building)
- Campus Mail Code: D7200
Interests
African American History, African American Women’s History, Black Political Thought.
Biography
Dr. Ashley D. Farmer is a historian of Black women's history, intellectual history, and radical politics. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Departments of History and African and African Diaspora Studies. Her book, Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era (UNC Press, 2017), is the first comprehensive study of black women's intellectual production and activism in the Black Power era. She is also the co-editor of New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition (NUP Press, 2018), an anthology that examines four central themes within the black intellectual tradition: black internationalism, religion and spirituality, racial politics and struggles for social justice, and black radicalism.
Farmer's scholarship has appeared in numerous venues including The Black Scholar and The Journal of African American History. Her research has also been featured in several popular outlets including Vibe, NPR, CSPAN, and The Chronicle Review.
Dr. Farmer has received fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Research on Women and Politics at Iowa State University, and the American Association of University Women (AAUW) have also supported her research. She has also been a leader of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) and a regular blogger for Black Perspectives.
Farmer earned her BA from Spelman College, an MA in History and a PhD in African American Studies from Harvard University. She is also the Co-Editor and Curator of the Black Power Series with Ibram X. Kendi, published with NYU Press and tweets from @drashleyfarmer.
Courses
AFR 310 • Intro Afr Amer Women's Hist-Wb
29984 • Fall 2020
Meets MW 11:30AM-1:00PM
Internet; Synchronous
CDWr
HI
(also listed as HIS 317L)
AFR 380P • Race And Medicine-Wb
30215 • Fall 2020
Meets W 3:00PM-6:00PM
Internet; Synchronous
(also listed as HIS 392)
AFR 317D • Intro To African Amer Hist
30024 • Fall 2019
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM UTC 3.132
CD
HI
(also listed as HIS 317L)
AFR 381 • Black Women's Intellectual His
30235 • Fall 2019
Meets T 3:30PM-6:30PM GAR 1.122
(also listed as HIS 392, WGS 393)
AFR 374D • Black Women On Trial
30645 • Spring 2019
Meets MW 10:00AM-11:30AM PAR 206
CDWr
HI
(also listed as HIS 350R, WGS 340)
AFR 374D • Women, Gender & Black Power
30650 • Spring 2019
Meets MW 1:00PM-2:30PM PAR 208
CDWr
HI
(also listed as HIS 350R, WGS 340)
AFR 317D • Intro To African Amer Hist
30577 • Fall 2018
Meets TTH 12:30PM-2:00PM UTC 3.132
CD
HI
(also listed as HIS 317L)
AFR 381 • Black Women's Intellectual His
30792 • Fall 2018
Meets T 3:30PM-6:30PM BEN 1.106
(also listed as HIS 392, WGS 393)
Current/ Past Graduate Students
Current Graduate Students:
Recent Publications
Books:
Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition
Chapel Hill: UNC Press | 2019
Scholarly Journals and Essays:
“All the Progress to be Made Will Be Made by Maladjusted Negroes”: Mae Mallory, Black Women’s Activism, and the Making of the Black Radical Tradition,” Journal of Social History, 53:1 (Winter 2019): 1- 23.
“Somebody Has to Pay:” Audley Moore and the Modern Reparations Movement,” Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International, 7:2 (Fall 2018): 108-134.