Farah Jasmine Griffin

William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies and Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies

PROSE Award for Literature for Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature

Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

Mellon Foundation Fellow in Residence

PBS NewsHour Best Book of the Year

Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year in Nonfiction


Farah Jasmine Griffin

William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies and Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies

PROSE Award for Literature for Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature

Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

Mellon Foundation Fellow in Residence

PBS NewsHour Best Book of the Year

Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year in Nonfiction


Farah Jasmine Griffin
William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies and Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies

PROSE Award for Literature for Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature

Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

Mellon Foundation Fellow in Residence

PBS NewsHour Best Book of the Year

Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year in Nonfiction