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Personal profile
Personal profile
Professor Lane Demas specializes in the history of race and popular culture in America, specifically sport and African American history. He is the author of two books: Game of Privilege: An African American History of Golf and Integrating the Gridiron: Black Civil Rights and American College Football. His media appearances include interviews in major print outlets (such as the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, and CNN.com), radio (National Public Radio, BBC World Service), and television (ESPN). Professor Demas has earned awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Fulbright Program, the United States Golf Association (USGA), and the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH). He is also editor of The Michigan Historical Review, the only scholarly publication devoted to Michigan history.
Professional Information
- B.A. from Northwestern University, 2002
- M.A. from the University of California, Irvine, 2005
- Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, 2008
Teaching
- U.S. History
- African American History
- African diaspora
- Transnational History
- Sport history
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Grants
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Sports, Race, and American Culture: A History of African Americans in Golf
National Endowment for the Humanities
05/1/14 → 06/30/14
Project: Research
Research output
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Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Jake Gaither, Florida A&M, and the History of Black College Football
Demas, L. T., Mar 2021, American Historical Review.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
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“African American History in Asia: Beyond Black and White”
Demas, L. T., Apr 22 2021, [Re]collection.Research output: Other contribution
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“American Democracy in Crisis: Historical and Comparative Perspectives”
Demas, L. T., May 2021Research output: Other contribution
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“Race, Golf, and American Civil Rights (1940-1970)”
Demas, L. T., May 2021Research output: Other contribution
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“Rigor without Rigor Mortis: Challenging Students to Bring History to Life”
Demas, L. T., 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Moments of Impact: Injury, Racialized Memory, and Reconciliation in College Football
Demas, L., Apr 2019, Journal of African American History, 104, 2.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
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Segregation and Morris Alexander: The Black Man Who Coached Virginia's Finest White Golfers
Demas, L. T., 2019Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
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Undercurrents of Power: Aquatic Culture in the African Diaspora
Demas, L., Jun 2019, Journal of American History.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
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“Key Case Studies in the History of Race and College Football”
Demas, L. T., 2019Research output: Other contribution
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“The ‘Color-Blind’ Golf Tournament That Brought Joe Louis, Bing Crosby, and Charlie Sifford to the Same Greens”
Demas, L. T., Mar 7 2019, Zócalo Public Square.Research output: Other contribution
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Game of Privilege: An African American History of Golf
Demas, L., 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
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Separate Games: African American Sport behind the Walls of Segregation
Demas, L., Mar 2018, Journal of American History, 104, 4, p. 1054-1055.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Book/Film/Article review
Honors & Awards
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Charles Redd Award in Western American History
Demas, Lane (Recipient), Jan 1 2006
Prize: Honorary award
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History Faculty Foundation Henry Cord Meyer Grant
Demas, Lane (Recipient), Jan 1 2005
Prize: Honorary award
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Journal of African American History (External organization)
Lane T Demas (Other)
Jan 1 2021 → Dec 31 2021Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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History (Organizational unit)
Lane T Demas (Member)
Jan 1 2020 → Dec 31 2021Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Journal of Black Studies (External organization)
Lane T Demas (Other)
Jan 1 2020 → Dec 31 2020Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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State Historic Preservation Review Board (External organization)
Lane T Demas (Member)
Jan 1 2019Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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History (Organizational unit)
Lane T Demas (Member)
Jan 1 2019 → Dec 31 2019Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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History (Organizational unit)
Lane T Demas (Member)
Jan 1 2018Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Vanderbilt University Press (External organization)
Lane T Demas (Other)
Jan 1 2017 → Dec 31 2017Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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History (Organizational unit)
Lane T Demas (Member)
Aug 1 2017 → Dec 31 2020Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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West Virginia University Press (External organization)
Lane T Demas (Other)
Jan 1 2017 → Dec 31 2017Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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American Studies Association (External organization)
Lane T Demas (Member)
Jan 1 2017Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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History (Organizational unit)
Lane T Demas (Chair)
Sep 1 2016 → Mar 31 2017Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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History (Organizational unit)
Lane T Demas (Member)
Sep 1 2016 → May 31 2017Activity: Membership › Membership of committee