WATCH: Read the Revolution with Jessica Millward

Dr. Jessica Millward is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and core faculty member of African American Studies at the University of California, Irvine, and an expert on issues related to race, gender, and social justice. Dr. Millward's first book, Finding Charity’s Folk: Enslaved and Free Black Women in Maryland (2015) was published as part of the Race in the Atlantic World series from University of Georgia Press. An award-winning scholar, she has published in the Journal of African American History, the Journal of Women’s History, Frontiers, Souls and the Women’s History Review as well as op-eds in Chronicle of Higher Education, The Feministwire.com, and The Conversation.com. Millward is currently working on a book-length project that discusses African American women's experiences with sexual assault and intimate partner violence in the late 19th century. A media-savvy historian, Millward specializes in bringing a historical perspective to modern times. With Tiffany Willoughby-Herard and Johanna Fernandez, Millward curates, “Activist Studio West: A Digital Repository for Movement Material.” Along with Kacey Calahane and Max Speare, Millward is a co-host of the podcast, “Historians on Housewives,” which examines the long-running Bravo franchise through the lens of historical scholarship to over 20,000 subscribers.