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Nell Irvin Painter (Nell Elizabeth Irvin) was born on 2 August, 1942 in Houston, Texas, United States, is an American historian (born 1942). Discover Nell Irvin Painter's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

Popular As Nell Elizabeth Irvin
Occupation Historian Author
Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 2 August 1942
Birthday 2 August
Birthplace Houston, Texas, United States
Nationality United States

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Her husband is Glenn Shafer

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Parents Frank Irvin (father)Dona McGruder (mother)
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Nell Irvin Painter Net Worth

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1920

Some of their relatives had been in California since the 1920s.

1937

Her mother held a degree from Houston College for Negroes (1937) and later taught in the public schools of Oakland, California.

Her father had to drop out of college in 1937 during the Great Depression; he eventually trained for work as a laboratory technician.

She worked for years at the University of California, Berkeley, where she trained many students in lab techniques.

She had an older brother Frank, who died young.

Her family moved to Oakland, California, when she was ten weeks old.

1940

They were part of the second wave of the Great Migration of millions of African Americans from the Deep South to urban centers; from the 1940s to 1970, many migrated to the West Coast for jobs related to the growing defense industry, especially in California.

1942

Nell Irvin Painter (born Nell Elizabeth Irvin; August 2, 1942) is an American historian notable for her works on United States Southern history of the nineteenth century.

She is retired from Princeton University as the Edwards Professor of American History Emerita.

1959

Painter attended the Oakland Public Schools, including Oakland Technical High School, from which she graduated in 1959.

1962

During her undergraduate years, she studied French medieval history at the University of Bordeaux, France, 1962–63.

1964

She earned her B.A. in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1964.

1965

As a postgraduate, she also studied abroad at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, 1965–66.

1967

In 1967, she completed an M.A. at the University of California, Los Angeles.

1974

In 1974, she earned an M.A. and Ph.D. at Harvard University.

1980

From 1980 to 1988 she was a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

1986

In 1986 she received a Candace Award from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women.

1988

In 1988 she became a professor of history at Princeton University.

1989

In 1989, Painter married the statistician Glenn Shafer, co-creator of the Dempster–Shafer theory.

1990

In 1990–91 she was acting director of Princeton's Program in Afro-American Studies, and in 1991 she was named the Edwards Professor of American History.

1997

From 1997 to 2000 she was director of the Program in African-American Studies.

2005

She served as a professor at Princeton until her retirement in 2005.

2009

After her retirement from Princeton, Painter returned to school at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where she received a BFA in art in 2009.

2011

She next earned an MFA in painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 2011.

Her first memoir, Old in Art School, reflects on this experience.

After receiving her Ph.D., Painter worked as an assistant professor and then an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

2018

Painter has written the following eight books as of 2018.

In addition, she has written many reviews, essays, and articles.

2020

She has served as president of the Organization of American Historians and as president of the Southern Historical Association, and was appointed as chair of MacDowell's board of directors in 2020.

She was born as Nell Irvin in Houston, Texas, to Dona Lolita (McGruder) Irvin and Frank Edward Irvin.

Her latest essay (from 2020, called My Corona Occupation) is about her experience with making art and writing during the pandemic.

In addition to her writing, she creates art revolving around the discrimination against African Americans and displays this work at her annual art events.

http://www.nellpainter.com/art.html

Painter has received honorary degrees from Dartmouth College, Wesleyan University, and Yale University, among other institutions.