She graduated from the University of Missouri in 2001, with degrees in journalism and religious studies. She then worked as a Resident Scholar at the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.[5] Chatelain received her A.M. and Ph.D. in American Civilization from Brown University, graduating in 2008, and was awarded the University of California, Santa Barbara's Black Studies Dissertation Fellowship.[6][5] Chatelain worked as the Reach for Excellence Assistant Professor of Honors and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma's Honors College, before becoming a Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor of History and African American Studies at Georgetown University.[5]
Chatelain in 2018
#FergusonSyllabus
In 2014, following the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Chatelain mobilized other scholars on Twitter to talk about what was happening in Ferguson with their students and contribute to a crowdsourced reading list. The result became known as the #FergusonSyllabus. Its success has led to other crowdsourced syllabi to respond to national tragedies.[7][8] In 2016, The Chronicle of Higher Education named Chatelain a Top Influencer in academics, in recognition of the success of #FergusonSyllabus.[6][5]
Podcasting
In 2017, Chatelain contributed to the Undisclosed podcast as a resident historian.[5] As of August 2020[update], she hosted the Slate podcast The Waves on feminism, gender, and popular culture.[9]
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