Jelani Cobb

William Jelani Cobb is an American writer, author and educator. The Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism at Columbia University, Cobb was previously an associate professor of history and director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, from 2012 to 2016.

• Known ForActing
• Born21 August 1969 (age 56)
• Place of BirthQueens, New York City, New York, USA