Xavier Sivels
Division
- Identity: Gender, Race and Region
Classification
- PhD Student
Title
- Maroon & White Teaching Assistant
Xavier Sivels is a PhD student from Smithfield, Virginia. His areas of study are African American History, Queer studies, and Popular Music studies. His research looks at the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexual identity in African American popular music.
PhD Student, Department of History, Mississippi State University, 2014- May 2024 (expected)
Dissertation: “’Sissy Man Blues’: The Queering of Stagger Lee”
Dissertation Committee: Joseph Thompson (Chair), Mark Hersey, Leigh Soares, Alexandra Hui
Fields: Modern America (Major field); Popular Music; African American History
BA, Virginia State University, Peterburg, VA, 2019
Major: History
Minors: Philosophy and Biology
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2022 |
Mississippi History, Department of History, Mississippi State University. |
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2021 |
Early World History, Department of History, Mississippi State University. |
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2020 |
African American History, Department of History, Mississippi State University. |
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2022 |
Modern World History, Department of History, Mississippi State University, Matthew Himel (Instructor), Spring Semester |
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2021 |
Early U.S. History, Department of History, Mississippi State University, Anne Marshall (Instructor), Spring Semester Early U.S. History, Department of History, Mississippi State University, Andrew Lang (Instructor), Fall Semester |
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2020 |
Early World History, Department of History, Mississippi State University, Julia Osman (Instructor), Fall Semester |
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Modern U.S. History, Department of History, Mississippi State University, Matthew Lavine (Instructor), Spring Semester |
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2019 |
Modern U.S. History, Department of History, Mississippi State University, James Giessen (Instructor) Fall Semester |
Museums & Cultural Institution Experience
2021-Present Volunteer Archivist and Digital Collection Curator, Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries,
**Digital Humanities Project Forthcoming***
2014-15 Docent and Interpreter, 1750 courthouse Museum, Historic Smithfield Inc., Smithfield, VA
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Public Writing 2022 “Black trans women face a unique threat rooted in centuries of history.” Washington Post, March 18. |
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2021 “Fear of A Black-Brown Planet: Pushing ‘Replacement Theory’ and Banning CRT to Save White Supremacy.” Mississippi Free Press, August 18. Presentations 2022 “Metadata Musical: Perspectives on Digital Archives Management.” Society of Mississippi Archivists Annual Meeting, April 21. “Darktown on Tin Pan Alley: Race and the Early Popular Music Industry.” Charles H. Templeton Sr. Ragtime Music Festival, Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University, March |
2022-2023 Advanced Doctoral Fellow, The Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies (BBQ+)
2022 Society of Mississippi Archivists Distinguished Student Presentation Award, Society of Mississippi Archivists Annual Meeting, Society of Mississippi Archivists.
2021 William E. Parrish Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Department of History, Mississippi State University.
2021- Present Association for the Study of African American Life and History