Jessica A. Krug is the daughter of two white Jewish parents who grew up in Kansas City. She later claimed "North African Blackness, then US rooted Blackness, then Caribbean rooted Bronx Blackness."<ref>{{cite web|first=Jessica |last=Krug|work=Medium|url=https://medium.com/@jessakrug/the-truth-and-the-anti-black-violence-of-my-lies-9a9621401f85|title=The Truth, and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies|date=September 3, 2020|accessdate=2020-09-09}}</ref> She serves as a History Professor at [[George Washington University]] where she describes her role as "a historian of politics, ideas, and cultural practices in Africa and the African Diaspora, with a particular interest in West Central Africa and maroon societies in the early modern period and Black transnational cultural studies."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.columbian.gwu.edu/jessica-krug|title=Jessica Krug|accessdate=2020-09-09}}</ref> The GWU Provost announced that following her confession, Krug will not be teaching classes in the Fall 2020 semester. | Jessica A. Krug is the daughter of two white Jewish parents who grew up in Kansas City. She later claimed "North African Blackness, then US rooted Blackness, then Caribbean rooted Bronx Blackness."<ref>{{cite web|first=Jessica |last=Krug|work=Medium|url=https://medium.com/@jessakrug/the-truth-and-the-anti-black-violence-of-my-lies-9a9621401f85|title=The Truth, and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies|date=September 3, 2020|accessdate=2020-09-09}}</ref> She serves as a History Professor at [[George Washington University]] where she describes her role as "a historian of politics, ideas, and cultural practices in Africa and the African Diaspora, with a particular interest in West Central Africa and maroon societies in the early modern period and Black transnational cultural studies."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.columbian.gwu.edu/jessica-krug|title=Jessica Krug|accessdate=2020-09-09}}</ref> The GWU Provost announced that following her confession, Krug will not be teaching classes in the Fall 2020 semester. |