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Ph.D., History, Washington University in Saint Louis
African American History, History of American Women, Social History, United States History
African American Community History, African Americans in Illinois, African American Women
“School Segregation in Southern Illinois: The Alton School Case, 1897-1908.” Illinois History Teacher, January 2005.
“African American Women’s Autobiographies: Images of Self, Memories of Their Mothers’ Gardens,” in Transnational Transgressions: African Women, Struggle, and Transformation in Global Perspective, eds., M. Bahati Kuumba and Monica M. White.
Portwood, Shirley J. Tell Us a Story: An African American Family in the Heartland. Southern Illinois University Press. 2000.
"'We Lift Our Voices in Thunder Tones': African American Race Men and Race Women and Community Agency in Southern Illinois, 1895-1910." Journal of Urban History, Vol. 26, No. 6 (September 2000), pp.730-758.
"In Search of My Great-Great Grandparents: Mapping Seven Generations of Family History." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 92, No. 2 (Summer 1999), pp. 95-118.
"The Alton School Case and African American Community Consciousness, 1897-1908." Illinois Historical Journal, Vol. 91, No. 1 (Spring 1998), pp. 2-20.
Carlson, Shirley J. "Black Ideals of Womanhood in the Late Victorian Era." Journal of Negro History, Vol. 78, No. 2 (Spring 1992), pp. 61-73.
