Daphne Mary Lamothe is an American academic administrator and professor of Africana studies. She is the incoming provost and dean of faculty at

Smith College Smith College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smit ...

Life

Lamothe earned a bachelor's degree in English from

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

. She completed a Ph.D. in English at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

. In 2004, Lamothe joined the faculty at

. She is a professor of

Africana studies Black studies or Africana studies (with nationally specific terms, such as African American studies and Black Canadian studies), is an interdisciplinary academic field that primarily focuses on the study of the history, culture, and politics of ...

and researches the

Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. At the ti ...

, the Great Migration,

African-American music African-American music is a broad term covering a diverse range of musical genres largely developed by African Americans and their African-American culture, culture. Its origins are in musical forms that developed as a result of the Slavery in ...

, and

African-American literature African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. Phillis Wheatley was an enslaved African woman who became the first African American to publish a book of poetry, which was publis ...

. In May 2024, she was named as the incoming provost and dean of faculty, set to begin on July 1.

Selected works

* Reviews of ''Inventing the New Negro'': * * *

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamothe, Daphne Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Yale College alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Smith College faculty Black studies scholars African diaspora studies scholars 21st-century African-American women writers 21st-century American women writers 21st-century African-American writers 21st-century American women academics 21st-century African-American academics 21st-century American academics African-American women academic administrators American women academic administrators