Congratulations to Drs. Jones and Joseph-Gabriel, Among Duke's Newly Tenured Faculty!

Congratulations are in order as Duke University recognizes and celebrates associate professors who were recently awarded tenure through the campus tenure review process. The tenure review, although a rigorous process, which was carried out by peers inside and outside Duke is a testament to the caliber of each individual faculty member and the impact of their research, teaching, and mentoring, as well as their reputation in their disciplines. Douglas Jones, Associate Professor of Theater Studies Douglas Jones is associate professor of theater studies in the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences with secondary appointments in English and African & African American Studies. His research interests include (African) American literatures of the 18th and 19th centuries, performance studies, cultural histories of slavery in British North America and the U.S., and political theory. He is the author of “The Captive Stage: Performance and the Proslavery Imagination of the Antebellum North,” and is currently writing a book called “Pragmatics of Democracy: A Political Theory of African American Literature before Emancipation.” Jones sits on the editorial boards of American Literature and Modern Drama. Recent essays appear in American Literature, American Literary History and Theatre Journal. Additionally, his work has been featured in the Times Literary Supplement, New York Times, PBS and elsewhere. He joined Duke faculty in 2022 and is a 2022-23 Thomas Langford Lectureship awardee. Jones earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University. Tenure Date: January 1, 2022   Annette Joseph-Gabriel, Associate Professor of Romance Studies Annette Joseph-Gabriel is an associate professor of romance studies at Duke University. She holds a B.A. (cum laude) in comparative literature from Williams College and a Ph.D. in French with a graduate certificate in African American and diaspora studies from Vanderbilt University. Her research has been supported by awards from several organizations and institutions including the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, the Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages, the American Philosophical Society and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. She is a recipient of the University of Michigan’s Class of 1923 Memorial Teaching Award for outstanding teaching of undergraduates and the University of Arizona’s Margaret M. Briehl and Dennis T. Ray Five Star Faculty Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching in the Honors College. She is the author of "Reimagining Liberation: How Black Women Transformed Citizenship in the French Empire", which was awarded the Modern Language Association Prize for a First Book and Honorable Mention for the Eugen Weber Award for best book in modern French history. Tenure Date: January 1, 2022 Check the full article at Duke Office for Faculty Advancement