Professional Affiliation

Associate Professor of Black Studies at Amherst College

Expert Bio

Khary Oronde Polk is Associate Professor of Black Studies & Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College. He is a cultural historian of the African American diaspora, and teaches courses on race & the American imagination and Black European studies. He is a member of the African Atlantic Research Group, and recently held a visiting professorship at the JFK Institute for North American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin. His book, Contagions of Empire: Scientific Racism, Sexuality, and Black Military Workers Abroad, 1898-1948, was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2020.