According to her university bio, Krug is an expert in Africa, Latin America, African American history, early modern world history, imperialism and colonialism. Her courses include, "Caribbean on the Move: The Politics of Immigration and Popular Dance in the Caribbean and Its Diasporas" and "Africa and the African Diaspora: (Trans)Nationalisms and the Politics of Modernity."
She is a finalist for both the Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass book prizes.
She said that she has not lived a double life — claiming to be Black in some instances and White in others — but had fully committed to living "this lie, fully, completely, with no exit plan or strategy."
Krug said she has been battling "unaddressed" mental health issues since her childhood when she first began claiming a false identity. "The mental health professionals from whom I have been so belatedly seeking help assure me that this is a common response to some of the severe trauma that marked my early childhood and teen years," she wrote.
However, she clarified that she is not blaming her actions on her mental health, nor attempting to use it as justification.
"That I claimed belonging with living people and ancestors to whom and for whom my being is always a threat at best and a death sentence at worst," she said. "I am not a culture vulture. I am a culture leech…I am a coward."
Krug said she believes in cancel culture and that she "should absolutely be canceled." However, she did not specify if she would be resigning from her position at the university.
She wrote that "there are no words in any language to express the depth of my remorse" and said that she "would never ask for nor expect forgiveness."
A GWU spokesperson told CBS News that the school is working on a response.