About

Award-Winning Author & Educator.

National Endowment for the Humanities Professor and chair of African American Studies

Emory University

Kali Nicole Gross is the National Endowment for the Humanities Professor and Chair of African American Studies at Emory University. She is a Distinguished Lecturer for the Organization of American Historians (OAH). An interdisciplinary scholar, her primary research explores Black women’s historical experiences in the U.S. criminal justice system and her expertise and opinion pieces have been featured in press outlets such as TIME, The Washington Post,  The Root, and BBC News. She has appeared on venues such as C-Span, MSNBC, and NPR.