title: Christopher James Bonner
text: # Christopher James Bonner
  
  Christopher James Bonner is an American academic who specializes in the African diaspora and race studies, and the author of Remaking the Republic: Black Politics and the Creation of American Citizenship (2020). He teaches at the University of Maryland, in the history department.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Bonner, from Chesapeake, Virginia, got a B.A. from Howard University and a PhD from Yale University. He teaches at the University of Maryland, in the history department.
  
  Bonner is the author of the monograph Remaking the Republic: Black Politics and the Creation of American Citizenship, published in 2020 by the U of Pennsylvania P.
  
  