Carol Anderson is a professor of history at Emory University. She is the author of “Eyes off the Prize: The United Nations and the African-American Struggle for Human Rights, 1944-1955,” which was awarded both the Gustavus Myers and Myrna Bernath Book Awards. She has received numerous teaching awards, including the Crystal Apple Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, the Mizzou Class of ’39 Outstanding Faculty Award, the Most Inspiring Professor Award from the Athletic Department, the Gold Chalk Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching, and the Provost’s Teaching Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty.