Jacqueline McLeod

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Jacqueline McLeod

Professor of Africana and African American Studies

Africana Studies

Office Hours

Tuesdays/Thursdays
10-11 AM; 12:15-2:00; and by Appointment

Biography

Native of Guyana, South America. Earned law degree from University of Toledo, College of Law, and Ph.D. in Comparative Black History from Michigan State University. Currently Professor in the departments of History and Africana Studies.

Research Interests

    My research interests include Black women in legal profession; Migration patterns and experiences of Anglo-Caribbean women to the United States; Comparative history of female jurists in the African Diaspora; Ethnic integration in Ethiopian higher education.

Teaching Interests

    My areas of interest in teaching are African American History; African Diaspora History; Black Women's History; United States Constitutional History.

Education

PhD in Comparative Black History

Michigan State University

MA in United States History/African American History

Michigan State University

JD in Family/Criminal Law

University of Toledo, College of Law

MA in Criminal Justice

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

BA in Criminal Justice Administration and Planning

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Published Works

    McLeod, J. . Memory and Legacy: Situating Magistrate Shirin Edun an Indian Woman in the African Diaspora. (). Michigan State University Press. McLeod, J. (2013). "Judge Jane Matilda Bolin: Beyond the Headlines of Her Appointment". National Association of Women Judges: Counterbalance, McLeod, J. (2013). Book Review of Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer by Kenneth W. Mack, The American Historical Review, Volume 118:2 (2013): 541-542.. The American Historical Review, Volume 118:2 (2013): 541-542., McLeod, J. (2013). “Daughter of the Empire State,” New York Archives Magazine, Volume 12, No. 4, Spring 2013. . New York Archives Magazine, McLeod, J. . Invited Peer Reviewer for Journal of Women's History. Journal of Women's History, McLeod, J. (2011). Daughter of the Empire State: The Life of Judge Jane Bolin. (). University of Illinois Press. McLeod, J. (2008). Book Review, Kristin Waters and Carol B. Conaway, eds. Black Women’s Intellectual Traditions: Speaking Their Minds . The Journal of African American History, McLeod, J. (2005). Black Women in America (An Encyclopedia). Oxford University Press, McLeod, J. (2005). Legal Profession. Oxford University Press, McLeod, J. (2005). Persona Non-Grata: Judge Jane Matilda Bolin and the NAACP, 1930-1950. Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, 29(Number 1), 7-29. . McLeod, J. (1996). Segu: Metaphoric Woman Resisting Male Inscription. Re-visions: Journal of the Women’s Studies Program at Michigan State University, IX(1), 16-20. . McLeod, J. (1990). Crossing Boundaries: Comparative History of Black People in Diaspora. (). Indiana University Press.