Jennifer H. Gunter

Jennifer H. Gunter, Ph.D., is the former Director of the South Carolina Collaborative on Race and Reconciliation at the University of South Carolina. In 2023 she founded the Converge Collective as an extension of that work.

She earned a B.A. and M.A. in Southern Studies from the University of Mississippi and a Ph.D. in History from the University of South Carolina. She is a historian who specializes in the intersections of region, gender, race, health, law, and activism.

Originally from Jackson, Mississippi, she and her husband now proudly call South Carolina home.