George Washington University Jessica Krug

Krug said she has built her life on a violent anti black lie.

George washington university jessica krug. Jessica krug is the name of an associate professor of history at george washington whose résumé includes prestigious grants and scholarly publications along with articles in popular outlets. George washington university has cancelled the classes set to be taught by jessica krug a professor who claimed to be black when in fact she was a white jewish woman from suburban kansas city. Less than a week after george washington university announced jessica krug would not resume teaching this semester after the professor revealed she had been lying for years about being black the. Jessica krug an associate professor of history and africana studies.

The campus of george washington university in washington dc. A blog post published under the george washington university professor s name jessica a. A white history professor at george washington university on thursday admitted to falsely claiming a black identity. Krug described her use of black identities even though she is white.

Jessica a krug a 38 year old white professor who taught african history at george washington university since 2012 had pretended to be black until admitting to her lie in a blog post on thursday. Jessica krug an associate professor at george washington university has written extensively about africa latin america the diaspora and identity all while claiming her own black and latina. Afp via getty images krug 38 had outted herself as a culture leech in her medium post which was titled the truth and the. Our statement on jessica krug september 04 2020 the members of the faculty of the george washington university department of history are shocked and appalled by dr.

In the aftermath of her bombshell blog post on september 3 dr yomaira figueroa validated krug s claims on twitter.