Center for the Study of Christianity & the Black Experience
Leadership
Dr. Jacqueline C. Rivers
Senior Fellow Jacqueline C. Rivers is the Executive Director at the Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies. She graduated from Harvard Radcliffe College and earned her Ph.D. at Harvard University.
Dr. David L. Tubbs
Director David L. Tubbs is an Associate Professor of Politics at The King’s College, where he has taught since 2005. He earned his Ph.D. in Politics at Princeton University.
Dr. Dami Kabiawu
Associate Director Dami Kabiawu is an Assistant Professor of Finance at The King’s College. She earned her Ph.D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic University; her principal area of research is behavioral finance.
Dr. Jacqueline C. Rivers
Dr. David L. Tubbs
Dr. Dami Kabiawu
Dr. Jacqueline C. Rivers
Senior Fellow Jacqueline C. Rivers is the Executive Director at the Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies. She graduated from Harvard Radcliffe College and earned her Ph.D. at Harvard University.
Dr. David L. Tubbs
Director David L. Tubbs is an Associate Professor of Politics at The King’s College, where he has taught since 2005. He earned his Ph.D. in Politics at Princeton University.
Dr. Dami Kabiawu
Associate Director Dami Kabiawu is an Assistant Professor of Finance at The King’s College. She earned her Ph.D. at Rensselaer Polytechnic University; her principal area of research is behavioral finance.
A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood
Dr. James Byrd discusses his new book, “A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood: The Bible and the American Civil War,” with The King’s College faculty Dr. David Tubbs and Rev. Dr. Dru Johnson.
WatchCSCBE Launch Event
To celebrate the official launch of the CSCBE on April 5, 2021, Drs. David Tubbs and Dami Kabiawu interviewed Dr. Jacqueline C. Rivers, Senior Fellow of the Center.
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Black History Month 2020 Lecture
Dr. Jacqueline C. Rivers examines how the Black Church came into being and why it continues to exist.
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Black History Month 2018 Lecture
Rev. Eugene F. Rivers III visits The King’s College to speak on “Martin Luther King Jr. and the Scandal of the Evangelical Mind.”
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Race Against Time
On December 8 2020, Jerry Mitchell discussed his work as an investigative reporter in Mississippi and how it helped to send four Klansmen to prison decades after their crimes took place.
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Political Violence in American History
On January 29, 2021, TKC faculty provided historical, legal, and scriptural perspectives on political violence in the history of the United States.
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