Valerie Grim
Associate Professor; Chair
Alma Mater: PhD, Iowa State University, 1990
Email: vgrim@indiana.edu
Phone: (812) 855-3875
Office: Memorial Hall East, M-29
Courses:
The Black Family in 20th-Century Rural America, 1900-present; Black Social History, 1600s-1990s; A355 Afro-American History, part I (1620-1865); A356 Afro-American History, part II (1865-present); A405 Civil Rights and Black Power Movements, 1954-1974; A150 Survey of the Culture of Black Americans; A169 Introduction to African American Literature.
Research:
African American history, agricultural history, black rural communities, the black family.
Recent Publications
Dr. Grim recently edited a special issue of Journal of Black Women, Gender, and Families (University of Illinois Press): Spring 2009, Volume 3, Number 1. The four‐article issue, entitled Rural Women, Families, and Children of Color in Global Communities, examined HIV‐AIDS in Sub‐Saharan Africa; religion among black women in Brazil; ways in which rural black children in the U.S. unlearn racism; and the role of the federal government in addressing rural poverty, literacy, and cultural needs. Her essay, “The Experiences of Rural Women, Children, and Families of Color in U.S. and Global Communities” was published in this special volume. In addition, Dr. Grim’s essay, "Our Stories of Mentoring and Guidance in a Higher Education and Student Affairs Program," (with Kandace Hinton and Mary Howard‐Hamilton) was published in Standing on the Outside Looking In: Underrepresented Students' Experiences in Advanced‐Degree Programs. Several book reviews were published in MS Magazine, Western Historical Quarterly, Journal of Ohio History, and Journal of Agricultural History.