Department of History and Philosophy
College of Liberal Arts

Department Chair & Associate Professor
Email: daphne.r.chamberlain@jsums.edu
Phone: 601.979.2498
Location: Dollye M.E. Robinson Building, 3rd Floor

DEGREES
Ph.D. – 20th Century United States History (Minors: African American History and African History), University of Mississippi (2009)
M.A. – History, University of Mississippi (2004)
B.A. – History, Tougaloo College (2001)

Dr. Daphne R. Chamberlain serves as Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of History & Philosophy, bringing two decades of experience as an educator, civil rights scholar, and historic preservationist.

She holds degrees in History from Tougaloo College and the University of Mississippi. She has been a visiting Assistant Professor in History and African American Studies at the University of Mississippi, was founding Director of the COFO Civil Rights Education Center at Jackson State University, and served on faculty and in administration at Tougaloo College. Prior to her return to Jackson State University, she spent time in the non-profit sector engaging in historic preservation and serving as Chief Program Officer at the Emmett Till Interpretive Center.

Dr. Chamberlain has presented her research on children’s participation in the civil rights movement across the nation, published on movement history, been featured on panels and documentaries focused on historical memory and preservation, and facilitated teacher workshops for state, regional, and national organizations. She has also contributed to the planning of civil rights commemorations and served as a scholar-consultant to several documentaries and civil rights projects – including the documentary “Everlasting: The Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers”; and the Two
Mississippi Museums in Jackson, MS, and the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN.

Dr. Chamberlain’s areas of expertise are Modern U.S. History, African American History, the Modern Civil Rights Movement, and Youth Activism and Social Movements. She has a contract with the University Press of Mississippi for an upcoming co-authored work entitled A.M.E. Logan: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement, and working to complete her book manuscript on children’s participation in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, focusing on young people between the ages of 7 and 18.