Welcome to my virtual home! I'm glad you stopped by. Here you'll find
information about my work as a history teacher, writer, and scholar, along with my
research interests and teaching portfolio.
I'm currently the Senior Research Fellow at the W. E. B. Du Bois Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Also, I teach U.S. history, world history, and humanities at the College of Biblical Studies, a predominately African American school located in Houston's culturally rich Mahatma Gandhi District.
I'm a historian by training. My research and writing reside at the intersection of intellectual and cultural history, with a particular interest and expertise in 20th century African American history. Other fields of interest include the history of religion, literary history and culture, and the history of popular culture.
I publish under my full name, Phillip Luke Sinitiere (that's Phillip with two L's), but please just call me Phil. You pronounce
my last name Sin-uh-tare; uh as in pausing uh between words, while the ending rhymes with words like hair, or care.
All perspectives and opinions on the site are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the institutions with which I am
affiliated and/or employed.
The banner images on each page of the site are photos from my personal library.
© Phillip Luke Sinitiere, 2026
information about my work as a history teacher, writer, and scholar, along with my
research interests and teaching portfolio.
I'm currently the Senior Research Fellow at the W. E. B. Du Bois Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Also, I teach U.S. history, world history, and humanities at the College of Biblical Studies, a predominately African American school located in Houston's culturally rich Mahatma Gandhi District.
I'm a historian by training. My research and writing reside at the intersection of intellectual and cultural history, with a particular interest and expertise in 20th century African American history. Other fields of interest include the history of religion, literary history and culture, and the history of popular culture.
I publish under my full name, Phillip Luke Sinitiere (that's Phillip with two L's), but please just call me Phil. You pronounce
my last name Sin-uh-tare; uh as in pausing uh between words, while the ending rhymes with words like hair, or care.
All perspectives and opinions on the site are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the institutions with which I am
affiliated and/or employed.
The banner images on each page of the site are photos from my personal library.
© Phillip Luke Sinitiere, 2026