Arica L. Coleman

Dr. Arica L Coleman is an award-winning, nationally recognized American historian and independent scholar whose research focuses on comparative ethnic studies and issues of racial formation and identity. Her additional research interests include indigeneity, immigration/migration, interracial relations, mixed-race identity, race and gender intersections, sexuality, the politics of race and science, and popular culture.

She has lent her expertise on matters of race and ethnicity to the Virginia General Assembly House Rules Committee, NPR, Indian Country Today, History News Network, L.A. Progressive, The Female View Broadcast, Native Trailblazers Blog Radio, CTV (Canada News), the Washington Post, Time Magazine, The North Star, the Atlantic Live, Cheddar TV, and Vox’s Today Explained, and IHeart Radio’s Something Good Program. Her groundbreaking work on the Loving v. Virginia case was cited by The New York Times, The Root, and MadameNoir.

Dr. Coleman’s first book, That the Blood Stay Pure: African Americans, Native Americans and the Predicament of Race and Identity in Virginia, a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2014, traces the history and legacy of Virginia’s effort to maintain racial purity and the consequences of this almost four hundred year effort on African American – Native American relations and kinship bonds in the Commonwealth.

For more information visit her website @ www.aricalcolemanphd.com, on Twitter @ALCPHD, or on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/aricalcoleman.