Sowande' Mustakeem

Sowande’ Mustakeem is an assistant professor in the Department of History and the African and African American Studies Program at Washington University in St. Louis. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Elon University after completing an independent major in African-American studies. She received her master’s degree in African-American and African studies at The Ohio State University in 2002 and earned her doctorate in comparative black history from Michigan State University in 2008. She was the Andrew Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in History & Visiting Lecturer in African and African American Studies Program at Washington University in St. Louis from 2008-2010.

Mustakeem has published a number of influential articles and book chapters on topics including black women’s history, gender, violence, the social history of medicine and the studies of the black Atlantic/African diaspora. Her articles have appeared in several leading journals including Atlantic Studies and the Journal of African American History. Slavery at Sea is her first book.