Linda J. Mann

Focus areas: intersection of U.S. history, human rights, and reparations

Linda J. Mann is a leading scholar and practitioner on racial redress initiatives at the intersection of U.S. history, international human rights, and racial repair. She currently serves as Executive Director at the John Mitchell Justice Project at George Mason Carter School for Peace and Reconciliation and is also an Assistant Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). In 2019, Mann co-founded the African American Redress Network (AARN) at Columbia University. AARN serves as an innovative model for scholars and advocates to further groundbreaking work in activism to promote racial redress for U.S. historical racial injustices. Previously she served as the Executive Director for the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University’s School of Law and VP of Research for the Georgetown Memory Project.  

Mann has a forthcoming publication in the International Journal for Transitional Justice ‘Advancing Local USA TJ Initiatives: A University Partnership Alongside Descendant Communities.’ She co-authored ‘Segregation in Evanston: An Impact Study ‘(2021), ‘To Lift as We Climb: A Textbook Analysis of the Segregated School Experience’ (2013) and the ‘Historical examination of the Segregated School Experience’ (2015). Mann's work is also included in the upcoming PBS documentary, The Cost of Inheritance. Additionally, her work alongside the Georgetown University 272 (GU272) descendant community can be viewed online at American Ancestors, GU272 Memory Project. Oral histories she performed during her time at the Georgetown Memory Project will be preserved at the American Folklife Center repository at the Library of Congress.

Mann is a seasoned educator with over ten years of postgraduate teaching experience and ten years as a public-school history educator. Mann started her career as a conflict resolution specialist and has decades of experience as a political grassroots organizer.

Education

• PhD Education Policy, George Mason University