Mar 29, 2024  
Catalogue 2018-2019 
    
Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Africana Studies Program


Director: Quincy T. Mills;

Steering Committee: Tagreed Al-Haddad (Africana Studies), Patricia-Pia Célérier (French and Francophone Studies), Diane Harrifordab (Sociology), Jonathon Kahn (Religion), Candice M. Lowe Swift (Anthropology), Zachariah Cherian Mampilly (Political Science), Mia Mask (Film), Taneisha Meansb (Political Science), Mootacem Mhiri (Africana Studies), Quincy T. Mills (History), Samson Okoth Opondo (Political Science), Tyrone Simpson, II (English), Jasmine Syedullah (Sociology), Kirsten Wesselhoeftb (Religion);

Participating Faculty: Carlos Alamo (Sociology), Lisa Gail Collins (Art), Eve Dunbar (English), Luke C. Harris (Political Science), Eileen Leonard (Sociology), Erin McCloskey (Education), Lisa Paravisini-Gebert (Hispanic Studies), Hiram Perez (English), Eva Woods Peiró (Hispanic Studies).

On leave 2018/19, second semester

ab On leave 2018/19

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