Emeriti
Toni Morrison
Robert F. Goheen Professor, Emerita
308 185 Nassau Street
609-258-1071
Professor
Toni Morrison is recognized as one of the most influential writers in American
literary history. She served on the faculty of the creative writing program and is the
founder of the Princeton Atelier, which brings to campus renowned artists
from all fields to collaborate with students on original performances, productions
and exhibitions. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the
1989 Pulitzer Prize for Beloved, the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature and
the 2000 National Humanities Medal.
Selected Publications:
- The Bluest Eye (1970);
- Sula (1974);
- Song of Solomon (1977);
- Tar Baby (1981);
- Beloved (1987);
- Jazz (1992);
- Playing in the Dark: Whiteness in the Literary Imagination (Harvard University Press, 1992);
- Paradise (1998);
- Love (2003).
Nell Irvin Painter
Edwards Professor of American History, Emerita
Nell
Irvin Painter is a leading historian of the United States. Until her
recent retirement from teaching, she was the Edwards Professor of
American History at Princeton University. She was the director of
Princeton's Program in African American Studies from 1997 to 2000. In
addition to her doctorate in history from Harvard University, she has
received honorary doctorates from Wesleyan University, Dartmouth
College, State University of New York-New Paltz and Yale University.
As a scholar, Professor Painter has published numerous books, articles, reviews and other essays. Her most recent books are Creating Black Americans and Southern History Across the Color Line. Six earlier books are also still in print.
Professor
Painter's prominence has been recognized by her selection to be the
president of the Southern Historical Association for 2007 and the
president of the Organization of American Historians for 2007-08. The
Southern Historical Association promotes research in the history of the
United States' South. The Organization of American Historians, which
draws its members from around the world, is the largest learned society
devoted to the study of American history.
Professor Painter has
also served on numerous editorial boards and as an officer of many
other professional organizations, including the American Historical
Association, the American Antiquarian Society, the Association for the
Study of Afro-American Life and History and the Association of Black
Women Historians. She is currently a councillor of the prestigious
Society of American Historians. For a full list of her publications and
professional activities, see her personal site. It includes links to the full text of some of her articles and reviews.
Howard Taylor
Ph.D., Yale University, 1966
Professor, Department of Sociology
147 Wallace Hall
609-258-4547
0756353@princeton.edu
Professor Howard Taylor has taught at Princeton since 1973. His teaching and research interests include social psychology, small groups, Afro-American studies, sociology of education and research methods. Professor Taylor is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 1998 Du Bois-Johnson-Fraizer Award from the American Sociology Association and the 2000 President's Award for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton. He has recently conducted research on African American leadership and elites, to be summarized in the forthcoming book The Black Elite Network in America. He is also at work on a book entitled Race, Class, and The Bell Curve in America.
Selected Publications:
- The IQ Game: A Methodological Inquiry into the Heredity-Environment Controversy (Rutgers University Press, 1980);
- Sociology: Understanding A Diverse Society (Wadsworth, 2000 (first ed), 2002 (second ed), 2004 (third ed).
Recent Courses Taught:
- AAS 391/SOC 391 - Race, Class, and Intelligence in America
- AAS 202/SOC 202 - Introductory Research Methods in American-American Studies
- SOC 241 - The Social Basis of Individual Behavior