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Marcus Allen

  • Assistant Professor, History

Education

PhD, History, Morgan State University, 2013

Courses Taught

  • HIST 151 - American History: 1607-1877 

Teaching Interests

  • African American History
  • Black World Studies
  • History of Capitalism
  • Contemporary World History
  • American History 

Research Interests

  • History of Capitalism
  • History of Labor
  • Urban History
  • African American History 

Related Activities

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship in African American History, Case Western Reserve University, 2021-2023
  • National Humanities Center, Fellow, 2020-2021 

Selected Publications

Allen, Marcus. “The Black Dollar in Nineteenth Century Baltimore.” Essays in Economics & Business History, Special Issue, Spring 2023, “submitted and forthcoming.” 
Deference as Money:  Black Capitalism in Nineteenth Century Baltimore, book manuscript, “under review.” 

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.