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Last published 2026
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KRISTIN DUTCHER MANN

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Also affiliated: DePauw University (2018); Emory University (1981–2023); Washington University in St. Louis (2016); Stanford University (1976)

15 h-index 75 pubs 1,094 cited

  • Anthropology, Cultural
  • Race Relations
  • Black People
  • Africa
  • Historiography
  • Humans
  • North America
  • South America
  • History, 20th Century

Biography and Research Information

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Kristin Dutcher Mann's research focuses on the study of the African Diaspora and Atlantic history and culture. Her work investigates the historical connections and social changes within Black Atlantic communities, particularly examining themes of marriage, status, and social mobility among educated elites in colonial settings. Mann has published extensively on these topics, with key works including "Law in Colonial Africa," "West Africa in the Atlantic Community: The Case of the Slave Coast," and "Rethinking the African Diaspora: The Making of a Black Atlantic World in the Bight of Benin and Brazil."

Her scholarship also extends to the study of race relations and the historiography of Africa and its diaspora. Mann's publications have explored the historical context of the 20th century, with a focus on North and South America, as well as Africa. Her research is characterized by an h-index of 15 and over 1,000 citations across her 75 publications. She has collaborated with colleagues such as Amar Kanekar, Srikanth Pidugu, and Albert L. Baker at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Metrics

  • h-index: 15
  • Publications: 75
  • Citations: 1,094

Selected Publications

  • Indigenous Sacraments: Christian Rituals and Local Responses at the Fringes of Spanish America, 1529–1800. By Oriol Ambrogio Gali (2026)
    Western Historical Quarterly DOI OpenAlex
  • A Pilot Study of the Use and Attitudes Toward Large Language Models Across Academic Disciplines (2024)
  • Saints, Statues, and Stories: A Folklorist Looks at the Religious Art of Sonora. By James S. Griffith (2020)
    Western Historical Quarterly DOI OpenAlex
  • Musical Cultures of the Ibero-American Borderlands (2019)
  • Playing in the Cathedral: Music, Race, and Status in New Spain (2017)
    Hispanic American Historical Review 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Musical Tradition in Latin America (2015)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • José Refugio De la Torre Curiel, Twilight of the Mission Frontier: Shifting Interethnic Alliances and Social Organization in Sonora, 1768–1855 (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2013), pp. xxx+323, £55.95, €69.00, hb. (2014)
    Journal of Latin American Studies DOI OpenAlex
  • Christmas in the Missions of Northern New Spain (2010)
    The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Christmas in the Missions of Northern New Spain (2010)
    The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History 3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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