Notable Achievements

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Naomi Reed presented her poster presentation, “From Convicts to Ancestors: Resurrecting the Humanity of the Sugar Land 95,” at The American Anthropological Association Conference in Toronto, CA on November 16, 2023, where she explored the impact of white redemptive narratives–in media, archaeology reports, history curriculum, and cemetery signage–of Black history on the memorialization efforts of the Sugar Land 95 in Fort Bend County, TX.

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Naomi Reed

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Expertise

Critical Whiteness Studies, The Anthropology of Whiteness, African Diaspora Studies, Educational Anthropology, Cultural Heritage, Race and Racism in the American South

Dr. Naomi Reed is a sociocultural anthropologist who studies whiteness, Blackness, cultural heritage, and education. Her primary focus has been on Sugar Land, Texas, US History curriculum, and the Sugar Land 95. She received her B.S. in Pure Mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin and her M.A. in Social Sciences from The University of Chicago. She received her Ph.D. in Social Anthropology and African Diaspora Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She also co-wrote and co-hosts the Texas Newsroom Podcast series, “Sugar Land”

  • Biography

    Dr. Naomi Reed is a sociocultural anthropologist who studies whiteness, Blackness, cultural heritage, and education. Her primary focus has been on Sugar Land, Texas, US History curriculum, and the Sugar Land 95. She received her B.S. in Pure Mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin and her M.A. in Social Sciences from The University of Chicago. She received her Ph.D. in Social Anthropology and African Diaspora Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She also co-wrote and co-hosts the Texas Newsroom Podcast series, “Sugar Land”

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