Andrew Jay Diamond (born November 1, 1967) is an American academic and professor of United States history at Sorbonne University, where he directs the research center Histoire et dynamique des espaces anglophones.
He obtained his PhD in history from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 2004 with a doctoral dissertation entitled "Hoodlums, Rebels, and Vice lords: Street Gangs, Youth Subcultures, and Race in Chicago, 1919-1968."
Between 2010 and 2012, Diamond was a full research fellow at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) at Sciences Po - Paris, where he also taught a number of classes between 2007 and 2012.
He worked with the Institut Français of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as curator of "City/Cité: A Transatlantic Exchange," a program of international conferences that brings together researchers, artists, policymakers, and activists from the United States and France to engage in a dialogue about the current state of urban democracy and of the circumstances arrayed against the realization of democratic ideals.
[1] He has written extensively and appeared regularly in both the French and American mainstream media on issues of race and inequality in France and the United States.
"[11][12] In spring 2019, the independent investigation media Mediapart echoed a doctoral student's complaint of sexual and moral harassment against Diamond, in a dossier compiled by the Clasches association (Collectif de lutte contre le harcèlement sexuel dans l'enseignement supérieur)[13] with testimonies from seven people (six women and one man, the latter as a witness in support of his colleague).
[14] The report of the Sorbonne University commission of inquiry "excluded sexual and moral harassment" but recognized "problematic" aspects in "professional behavior".
Five of the eight doctoral students then enrolled in a thesis under the supervision or co-supervision of Diamond chose to leave their supervisor; others continued their work under his direction.
[18] The administrative court of Paris also ruled on January 6, 2023 in favor of Diamond, and ordered Sorbonne Université to grant him legal aid for suing those who had made false accusations against him.
"Andrew J. Diamond, Mean Streets: Chicago Youths and the Everyday Struggle for Empowerment in the Multiracial City, 1908–1969," The Journal of African American History 95(3-4), pp. 451–453.