Three Pulitzer Prize Winners Discuss Racism, Slavery, and Resistance in American History

The Scholarly Kitchen has had a long-running and ongoing commitment to shedding light on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion. As the global protests against the ingrained biases and systemic racism of our society continue, so must our efforts to better educate ourselves on our history and to better understand the experiences of others. Last week, Oxford University Press (full disclosure: my employer) put together a panel featuring three important authors, Jeffrey C. Stewart (author of The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke), Nikole Hannah-Jones (creator of the landmark 1619 Project in The New York Times), and W. Caleb McDaniel (author of The Sweet Taste of Liberty: A True Story of Slavery and Restitution In America). The conversation is a fascinating look at our history and our current moment.

David Crotty

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David Crotty is a Senior Consultant at Clarke & Esposito, a boutique management consulting firm focused on strategic issues related to professional and academic publishing and information services. Previously, David was the Editorial Director, Journals Policy for Oxford University Press. He oversaw journal policy across OUP’s journals program, drove technological innovation, and served as an information officer. David acquired and managed a suite of research society-owned journals with OUP, and before that was the Executive Editor for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, where he created and edited new science books and journals, along with serving as a journal Editor-in-Chief. He has served on the Board of Directors for the STM Association, the Society for Scholarly Publishing and CHOR, Inc., as well as The AAP-PSP Executive Council. David received his PhD in Genetics from Columbia University and did developmental neuroscience research at Caltech before moving from the bench to publishing.