Dr. Frank Leon Roberts

About

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Experience

• English Professor (U.S. Black Literature and Culture) at Amherst College
  May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

  Tenure-line professor of English (U.S. Black Literature and Culture) in the Department of English at Amherst College. Affiliated Faculty, Department of Black Studies.

• Executive Director & Roddenberry Fellow at The Baldwin Hansberry Project
  Nov 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos

  The Baldwin Hansberry Project is an award-winning nonprofit social justice organization based in Harlem, New York. Since its founding in 2019, The Baldwin Hansberry Project has received philanthropic support from a number of high-profile sources including The Roddenberry Foundation, Kate & Steven Spielberg, and the City of New York.

• Assistant Professor at The New School
  Sep 2020 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Faculty & Ford Foundation Fellow at New York University
  May 2009 - May 2019 · 10 yrs 1 mo

• Visiting Assistant Professor at City University of New York
  Sep 2012 - Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo