Tobin Miller Shearer

Tobin Miller Shearer, PhD, is Director of African-American Studies at the University of Montana and an antiracism educator with 30 years experience working to dismantle racism in predominantly white institutions. As a white man, he is being asked by his colleagues of color to offer these kinds of educational resources at this historic moment. He is the author of Two Weeks Every Summer: Fresh Air Children and the Problem of Race in America (Cornell University Press, 2017); Daily Demonstrators: The Civil Rights Movement in Mennonite Homes and Sanctuaries (Johns Hopkins Press, 2010); Set Free: A Journey Toward Solidarity Against Racism (Herald Press, 2001) (co-authored with Iris de León-Hartshorn and Regina Shands Stoltzfus); Enter the River: Healing Steps from White Privilege to Racial Reconciliation (Herald Press, 1994). His blog at "Truth and Grace" can be found at http://tobinmillershearer.blogspot.com/