Viola Huang is Assistant Professor of Black Studies at Middlebury College. She holds a Ph.D. in History and Education from Columbia University’s Teachers College. Before coming to Middlebury, she pursued a postdoc at the University of Passau in Germany. Her specialty area is 20th century African American history, specifically the history of social movements, community activism, and alternative and transformative education. Additional research interests include the Black Diaspora, particularly the Black German Diaspora, and Public History, particularly representations of Black History in U.S. and German contexts.