HJR152 Summary

• Commends Dr. Shannen Dee Williams for professional achievements and lasting impact on African American history, particularly regarding women and religion.

• Dr. Williams earned a Bachelor of Arts in History (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) from Agnes Scott College, a Master of Arts in Afro-American Studies from University of Wisconsin at Madison, and a Ph.D. in History from Rutgers University; serves as Associate Professor of History at University of Dayton.

• Her research has received support from multiple grants and fellowships including Scholar-in-Residence Fellowship at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Fellowship, and Albert J. Beveridge Grant; published work appears in Journal of African American History, American Catholic Studies, The Washington Post, and other publications.

• Authored award-winning book "Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle" which received the 2022 Letitia Woods Brown Award and 2023 Wesley-Logan Prize for Outstanding Book in African Diaspora History.

• First Black woman elected to Executive Council of American Catholic Historical Association; co-founder of Fleming-Morrow Endowment in African American History at University of Tennessee, Knoxville; established Mother Mary Lange Lecture in Black Catholic History at Villanova University.