Mar 29, 2024  
Catalogue 2023-2024 
    
Catalogue 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Africana Studies Program


Director: Diane Harriford;

Steering Committee: Tagreed Al-Haddad (Africana Studies), Patricia-Pia Célérier (French and Francophone Studies), Diane Harriford (Sociology), Tamyka Jordon-Conlin (Music), Jonathon Kahn (Religion), Candice M. Lowe Swift (Anthropology), Mia Maskb (Film), Krystle McLaughlin (Chemistry), Taneisha Meansa (Political Science), Mootacem Mhiri (Africana Studies), Osman Nemli (Philosophy), Samson Okoth Opondo (Political Science), Allison Puglisi (History), Michael Reyes Salas (Africana Studies), Louis Römer (Anthropology), Tyrone Simpson, II (English), Jasmine Syedullah (Africana Studies), Catherine Tan (Sociology), Shona Tuckerab (Drama), Kirsten Wesselhoeft (Religion), Kimberly Williams Brownb (Education);

Participating Faculty: Lisa Gail Collins (Art), Eve Dunbar (English), Luke C. Harris (Political Science), Erin McCloskey (Education), Lizabeth Paravisini-Geberta (Hispanic Studies), Hiram Perez (English), Eva Woods Peiróa (Hispanic Studies).

a   On leave 2023/24, first semester

b   On leave 2023/24, second semester

ab On leave 2023/24

Founded in 1969 out of student protest and political upheaval, the Africana Studies Program continues its commitment to social change and the examination and creation of new knowledge. The Africana Studies Program brings together scholars and scholarship from many fields of study and draws on a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to explore the cultures, histories, institutions, and societies of African and African-descended people. Program strengths include: education and activism; literature; feminism; political thought; Arabic language and culture; critical race theory; queer studies; prison studies; visual culture; creative writing; social, cultural, and political movements; and popular culture.

Advisers: Program director and program faculty.

Programs

Major

Correlate Sequences in Africana Studies

The Africana Studies Program offers three correlate sequences.

Courses

Africana Studies: I. Introductory

Africana Studies: II. Intermediate

Africana Studies: III. Advanced