Tameka Bradley Hobbs, Ph.D. is a social justice leader, educator, and author, with expertise in African American history, public history, and antiracism education. In addition to her sixteen years of teaching experience in higher education, Hobbs has worked as a researcher, writer, consultant, and director for a number of public and oral history projects focused on African American history and culture.
In 2020, Hobbs founded the Social Justice Institute at Florida Memorial University, a Historically Black University located in Miami Gardens. In its first year, the SJI garners support from regional and local foundations, and has launched several impactful programs and collaborations with the goals of creating a resource exchange between FMU and community partners, while fostering student leadership in the area of social justice.
Her professional experience includes work in both higher education and public history institutions. Between 2011 and 2018, Hobbs served as Assistant Professor of History, Chair of the Department of Social Sciences, and University Historian for Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens, Florida. In 2019, she began her tenure as Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, overseeing student success and career development. Hobbs also served as coordinator of the African American Studies Program at Valdosta State University, the Director of Projects and Program for the John G. Riley Museum and Center of African American History and Culture, located in Tallahassee, Florida, as well as Program and Educational Coordinator for the Library of Virginia.
Hobbs was founding president (2016-2018) of the South Florida Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. (ASALH, Inc.). She is currently the chair of the board of directors for the South Florida People of Color (SFPoC), a non-profit organization based in Miami Shores, Florida, which is dedicated to eradicating racism through education and advocacy. During her time with the organization, she has been a curriculum designer, facilitator, and led the work to establish the organization’s Awkward Dinner ™ series.
Hobbs is the author of Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home: Racial Violence in Florida (2015) which won the 2015 Florida Book Award for Florida Nonfiction, and the 2016 Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Award from the Florida Historical Society.
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