Eddie Steven Glaude Jr. (born September 4,1968) is an American academic,author,and pundit. He is James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University,where he teaches in the departments of African American studies and religion.[1][2] At Princeton,Glaude was the inaugural department chair after the Princeton Center for African American Studies became an academic department in 2015;[3] he led the program until stepping down in 2023.[4]
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. was born in Moss Point,Mississippi,[9] on September 4,1968.[10] His father served in the Vietnam War with the United States Navy before working for the United States Postal Service. Glaude's mother had left school in eight grade after becoming pregnant. She worked as a cleaning supervisor at a shipyard. Eddie Glaude was raised in Moss Point alongside his sister and brother.[11][12]
Glaude speaking to the City Club of Cleveland in February 2017
Glaude began his teaching career at Bowdoin College in Brunswick,Maine,[13] amidst a time of growth in their Africana studies program.[16] In 2002,Princeton University announced its plans to appoint Glaude as an associate professor;[17] he joined the faculty that year.[2]
At Princeton,Glaude was the chair of the Center for African American Studies from 2009 to 2015,and the inaugural chair of its successor,the Department of African American Studies,from 2015 to 2023.[4] Since 2018,he has served as James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies,a professorship endowed by the James S. McDonnell Foundation.[18]
Glaude has appeared on television programs,including Morning Joe,Deadline:White House,and Meet the Press. In his public appearances,he "[combines] a scholar's knowledge of history [and] a political commentator's take on the latest events".[1]
In July of 2016,Glaude published an article in Time entitled "My Democratic Problem with Voting for Hillary Clinton",in which he stated that Hillary Clinton was not his candidate of choice for the 2016 United States presidential election. "I don’t agree with her ideologically," he wrote,calling her a "corporate Democrat intent on maintaining the status quo".[20] In a later interview,Glaude stated that he was "most closely aligned" with the campaign of Bernie Sanders.[21]
Commencement speeches
Glaude has given commencement speeches at multiple colleges and universities,including:
His 2015 commencement speech at Colgate University was listed first in a New York Times article of inspiring commencements.[27]
Personal life
Glaude is married to Winnifred Brown-Glaude,a professor of sociology and African American studies at The College of New Jersey. They have one child,a son named Langston Ellis Glaude. He graduated from Brown University,where he studied Africana studies.[11][12][28]
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