Rebecca Hall, JD PhD is an independent scholar, activist, and educator. Her paternal grandparents were born enslaved.  She writes and publishes on the history of race, gender, law, and resistance as well as articles on climate justice and intersectional feminist theory. Her most recent book, Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts (Simon & Schuster, 2021) has won multiple awards, and was a finalist for the N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards and the Pen America Open Book Award. Wake has been listed as a Best Book of 2021 by NPR and The Washington Post, Forbes, and Ms. Magazine.  Her work has been supported by numerous grants and fellowships. She is a 2022-23 Radcliffe Institute Fellow.