Beverly Tomek
Biography
Beverly C. (Scull) Tomek is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Houston-Victoria in Victoria, Texas. Her fields of study include antislavery, 19th and 20th century civil rights, American reform, African-American History, and social justice movements.
She is currently writing a book called "Slavery and Abolition in Pennsylvania" for the Pennsylvania Historical Association and recently edited a collection of essays about African American colonization, titled "Reconsiderations and Redirections in the Study of African Colonization" for the University Press of Florida.
She is the book review editor for the journal Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies and a list editor for the H-Net American Studies list, H-AMSTDY. She is a member of the board of H-PENNSYLVANIA and the council of the Pennsylvania Historical Association.
She has also served as associate editor on a number of reference projects, including "Heritage of Freedom: Free People of Color in the Americas 1492-1900," (Facts on File), "The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest: 1500 to Present," (Wiley- Blackwell Publishing), and "The Encyclopedia of American Social Movements," (M.E. Sharpe Inc.).
Her articles include:
“'A Stalking Horse for the Civil Rights Movement': Head Start and the Legacy of the Freedom Schools," The Southern Quarterly: A Journal of Arts & Letters in the South 52(1) Fall 2014
"The Communist International and the Dilemma of the American 'Negro Problem': The ​Limitations of The Black Belt Self-Determination Thesis" WorkingUSA: The Journal of Labor and Society December 2012
"Seeking 'an immutable pledge from the slave holding states': The Pennsylvania Abolition Society and Black Resettlement," Winter 2008, Pennsylvania History
"'From motives of generosity, as well as self-preservation': Thomas Branagan, Colonization, and the Gradual Emancipation Movement," American Nineteenth Century History 6(2) June 2005, p. 121-148.
Tomek earned her PhD at the University of Houston, her M.A. at Southwest Texas State University, and her B.A. at the University of Houston-Victoria.
She can be reached at tomekb@uhv.edu or at beverly.tomek@gmail.com.
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