Talitha LeFlouria specializes in the history of the African American experience, with a focus on the contributions of black female convicts toward the making of the New South.  Her dissertation entitled Convict Women and Their Quest for Humanity:  Examining Patterns of Race, Class, and Gender in Georgia's Convict Lease and Chain Gang Systems, 1865-1917 emphasizes the critical role black female prisoners played in the building of Georgia's industries during the post-emancipation era.  She has taught survey courses in early and modern United States History and African  American History.  She has also worked as a researcher for the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington, DC and recently authored the museum's official site booklet, Frederick Douglass:  A Watchtower of Human Freedom.

Undergraduate Courses
 
U.S. History to 1877
U.S. History Since 1877
African American History to and Since 1877
African American Women's History
History of the African Diaspora

Curriculum Vitae    (Available upon request)