Biography
Camille Borders is a historian, writer, and public humanities practitioner invested in unearthing the lived experiences of African Americans. She is an Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. As a public historian, she is passionate about storytelling and was the inaugural Program Director for the African American Heritage House at the Chautauqua Institution, helping facilitate discussion and craft historical interpretation. Most recently, she was a Social Impact Fellow at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, where she assisted the African American Curatorial Collective. Her research has been supported by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the American Antiquarian Society. Camille’s writing has appeared in the Huffington Post, USA Today, The Chicago Review of Books, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Blog.