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Recently Dr. Duchess Harris appeared on Minnesota Live to talk about her newest book about royalty, race and history: Meghan Markle: Essays on Monarchy, Race, and Colonialism. >> Watch the interview now!

Macalester News recently featured DeWitt Wallace Professor of American Studies Dr. Duchess Harris on the pubication of two new books with several Macalester connections. Meghan Markle: Essays on Monarchy, Race, and Colonialism, co-edited with Julie Schwietert Collazo, examines how Markle’s experience within the royal family illuminates broader questions of race, colonialism, media representation, mental health, and the politics of belonging. Macalester alumni Amelia Ryan ’2

Duchess Harris, professor and author, was a presenter at From Resistance to Resilience: The Evolution of African American Reading, The Givens Foundation for African American Literature's annual conference, held on June 3, 2025 at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. In this engaging workshop, Dr. Harris addresses The Unwritten Curriculum: How Erasure in Literature Fuels Inequity, as she talks about her trajectory as an author, and the banning

Recently, I returned to Martha’s Vineyard for the first time in 27 years. It was everything I remembered and more than I could have imagined. As I moved through the streets, not only was Black joy in abundance, but no fewer than 15 people called out to me from various phases of my life, including the parents of my 5th-grade boyfriend. 😁 And the new connections I made? Unmatched! The people that I connected with weren’t special because of their resumes or accomplishments. It’

Duchess Harris was a featured presenter at this year's Momentum Summit along with speakers like CNN host Van Jones and Nicole Austin-Hillery, president & CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. Since 2021, PEN America has documented nearly 23,000 school book bans nationwide. Harris, the DeWitt Wallace Professor of American Studies at Macalester College in Minnesota, has seen multiple books she’s written challenged or restricted. Four of her titles appeared on a list

In May, political science professor Julie Dolan and American studies professor Duchess Harris led fourteen students on a trip to Northern Ireland as the culmination of their crosslisted short-term study away course, Gender and Transnational Politics: A Comparison of Northern Ireland and the Southern United States. The group visited Dublin, Belfast, and Londonderry to explore the civil rights struggle in the United Kingdom and its striking parallels to the civil rights movemen

Nonfiction books are increasingly being banned in public schools, according to a new PEN America report. The organization found that 3,743 unique titles were removed from school libraries during the 2024–2025 school year. Of those, 29% were nonfiction titles, up from 14% the year before. Male Privilege (Being Female in America) by Duchess Harris and Heidi Deal, and Growing Up LGBTQ by Duchess Harris and Rebecca Rowell, were cited as examples. >> Read the story now!

Photo by Creator:Lorie Shaull - Flickr, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=182355054 MPR News host Angela Davis and guests that included Duchess Harris talked about the Trump administration’s announcement that it is ending what it calls “Operation Metro Surge,” which sent thousands of federal immigration officers to Minnesota. >> Listen now!

Macalester College recently hosted Gerald Horne as the Mahmoud El-Kati Distinguished Lectureship in American Studies in the Alexander G. Hill Ballroom. Duchess was pleased to welcome and introduce Dr. Horne, a renowned historian and author, Moores Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston, and one of the nation’s leading scholars on race, class, and global power. >> Watch now!