Professor Jacob Dorman is a noted cultural/intellectual historian who has published two prize-winning books:
The Princess and the Prophet: The Secret History of Magic, Race, and Moorish Muslims in America, (Boston: Beacon Press, March 3, 2020) Winner, Book Prize, Illinois State Historical Society and Chosen People: The Rise of American Black Israelite Religions (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013) Winner of the Wesley-Logan Prize for African diaspora history from the American Historical Association; the Albert J. Raboteau Prize in Africana religions, and the Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award. An American Library Association Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2013.