Jeffrey C. Stewart Explained

Jeffrey C. Stewart
Birth Name:	Jeffrey Conrad Stewart
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois, US
Thesis Title:	A Biography of Alain Locke
Thesis Year:	1979
Academic Advisors:	John W. Blassingame
Discipline:	Black studies
Workplaces:	University of California, Santa Barbara
Notable Works:	(2018)

Jeffrey Conrad Stewart (born 1950 in Chicago) is an American Professor of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.^[1] He won the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his book , described as "a panoramic view of the personal trials and artistic triumphs of the father of the Harlem Renaissance and the movement he inspired".^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Career

In 2002-03 Stewart was awarded a Fulbright grant at the Roma Tre University. He founded Jeffrey's Jazz Coffeehouse in 2015. He coordinates jazz performances in Isla Vista, the local community adjacent to UC Santa Barbara's campus, in conjunction with his History of Jazz course.^[7] In 2019 UC Santa Barbara alumni declared him an honorary alumnus as they recognized his achievements, notably his comprehensive biography of Alain LeRoy Locke.^[8]

Stewart has been Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Terra Foundation's affiliate in Giverny, France;Residential Fellow at the Charles Warren Center in American History (Harvard);Fellow at the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute (Harvard);curator of exhibition To Color America: Portraits by Winold Reiss at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery;curator of Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen at Rutgers University;and curator of conference entitled North Hall 50 Years After: A Black Vision of Change at UC Santa Barbara for the weekend of October 12–14, 2018.

Selected publications

• Book: Jeffrey C. Stewart . The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke . . New York . 2018 . 2017026626 . 9780195089578., which was a finalist for the 2018 Museum of African American History Stone Book Award.
• Book: Jeffrey C. Stewart . Beyond Category: Before Afro-Futurism there was Norman Lewis . Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis . 2015., winner of the 2017 Alfred H. Barr Award of the College Art Association.
• Book: Jeffrey C. Stewart . Bartleby, Foucault, De Tocqueville: contradictions of individualism . Modes and facets of the American scene : studies in honor of Cristina Giorcelli . Dominique Marçais . Palermo . ILA Palma . 2014 . 2014429933. 9788877047649.

Further reading

• Jeffrey C. Stewart, 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History, Three Rivers Press; 59668th edition (May 4, 1998)
• Jeffrey C. Stewart, Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen, Rutgers University Press
• Jeffrey C. Stewart and Alaine Locke, Race Contacts and Interracial Relations: Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Race, Howard University Press
• Zack, Michele, Altadena: Between Wilderness and City. Altadena, California: Altadena Historical Society, 2004.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jeffrey Stewart . The Department of Black Studies . University of California, Santa Barbara . April 16, 2019.
2. Web site: The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, by Jeffrey C. Stewart (Oxford University Press) . The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography – The Pulitzer Prizes . April 16, 2019.
3. News: Jaschik . Scott . Scholars Win Pulitzer Prizes . April 16, 2019 . Inside Higher Ed . April 16, 2019.
4. Web site: Jeffrey C. Stewart . National Book Foundation . November 8, 2019.
5. Web site: Scott . Rappaport . UC Santa Cruz philosophy alumnus Jeffrey Stewart wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize for biography . UC Santa Cruz . April 16, 2019. December 4, 2019.
6. Web site: Jeffrey Stewart . Altadena Heritage . February 18, 2020.
7. Web site: Kocis . Emily . Jeffrey's Jazz Coffeehouse: Making Music Instrumental to the Isla Vista Community . Daily Nexus . 29 April 2020 . February 20, 2020.
8. News: Estrada . Andrea . Alumni Awards Honor Graduates, Friends For Their Achievements And Service to UCSB . 30 April 2020 . . September 30, 2019.