Jelani Cobb
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-08-21 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Jelani Cobb
Biography
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 For
Acting
(2025)
Heightened Scrutiny
as Self
(2024)
One Person, One Vote?
as Self
(2022)
Lies, Politics and Democracy
as Self - Reporter
(2022)
(2021)
(2020)
Frontline: America's Great Divide
as Self - Author, The Substance of Hope
(2020)
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
as Self - Interviewee
(2020)
(2020)
McCarthy
as Self
(2020)
Policing the Police 2020
as Self
(2019)
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
as Self - Columbia University
(2016)
13th
as Self
(2016)
(2010)
Crew
(2023)
The Riot Report
Co-Producer, Writer
(2021)
A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
Executive Producer
(2020)
Policing the Police 2020
Writer