Gretchen Sorin

Gretchen Sorin
Academic background
Education
Thesis"Keep Going": African Americans on the Road in the Era of Jim Crow (2009)
Doctoral advisorAnn F. Withington
Academic work
DisciplineMuseum Studies, History
InstitutionsState University of New York at Oneonta

Gretchen Sullivan Sorin is a distinguished professor of museum studies and African-American history at State University of New York at Oneonta and director of the University's Cooperstown Graduate Program. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University and Master of Arts in Museum Studies from Oneonta's Cooperstown Graduate Program before receiving her Doctorate of Philosophy in History from University at Albany, SUNY.[1] She has also worked as a curator and exhibit designer.[2]

Sorin is best known for her work on the history of racial discrimination faced by traveling African Americans.[3][4] Her 2020 book, Driving While Black, was a finalist for the 52nd NAACP Image Award[5] and received a Silver Gavel from the American Bar Association.[6] Sorin directed documentary film of the same name for PBS,[7] which received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant.[8]

Bibliography

  • Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights (2020)

References

  1. ^ "Gretchen Sorin". Cooperstown Graduate Program.
  2. ^ Bunch III, Lonnie G. (2019-09-19). "How Lonnie Bunch Built a Museum Dream Team". Smithsonian Magazine.
  3. ^ Davis, Bridgett M. (2020-02-11). "Highways Through Hell". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Szalai, Jennifer (2021-03-24). "'Traveling Black,' a Look at the Civil Rights Movement in Motion". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Hunnighen, Desmond (2021-03-15). "Read the NAACP Literary Image Award Nominees". The New York Public Library.
  6. ^ "ABA announces winners of the 2021 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts". American Bar Association. 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
  7. ^ Deggans, Eric (2020-10-13). "PBS Documentary, 'Driving While Black,' Examines Long Road Of Racism". National Public Radio.
  8. ^ "Driving While Black: Race, Space, and Mobility in America". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved 2025-10-16.
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