Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Ph.D.
William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies
Princeton University
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Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. is the William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African American Studies at Princeton University. He is also a senior fellow at The Jamestown Project. Prior to his appointment at Princeton, he taught at Bowdoin College and Amherst College in African American Studies and Religion. He received his B.A. from Morehouse College, his M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University.

Glaude is the author of Exodus! Religion, Race, and Nation in Early 19th Century Black America, recipient of the Modern Language Association's William Sanders Scarborough Book Prize for outstanding scholarly study of black cultural life and/or literature. Professor Glaude is also editor of Is it Nation Time? Contemporary Essays on Black Power and Black Nationalism. This edited collection has been described as "a standard reference for students and scholars of African American intellectual history." He has also co-edited, with Cornel West, African American Religious Thought: An Anthology. This text is widely viewed as one of the most important books published in African American religion in the last five years. Professor Glaude's public speeches are known throughout the country as not only intellectually challenging but filled with conviction and inspiration, urging his listeners to speak out against social injustice and to imagine a better world for us and our children.

Glaude's newest book, In A Shade of Blue, was published March 2007.

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