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Article featuring Africana Studies Graduate Student Ariel Mejia
Congratulations to Dr. Kamesha Spates who has been awarded the 2026 Applied, Clinical, and Public Sociologist of the Year Award by the North Central Sociological Association.
Dr. Kamesha Spates has been awarded the 2026 Applied, Clinical, and Public Sociologist of the Year Award by the North Central Sociological Association. This award recognizes a scholar’s...
Congratulations to Gracie Amoah who has been awarded the 2025 Penny Schwartz Student Travel Prize by the African Studies Association
Gracie Amoah has been awarded the 2025 Penny Schwartz Student Travel Prize by the African Studies Association. She will be honored at the upcoming annual meeting in November. Congratulations Gracie on this remarkable achievement!
Congratulations to Dr. Kamesha Spates
Kudos to Dr. Kamesha Spates, who was invited to give a virtual talk about her work on suicide among Black women for the University of Edinburgh on March 25, 2025.
Dr. Kamesha Spates was an invited panelist Titled: Addressing and Understanding Suicide for the Engagement in the Black Community: A Virtual NAADC Summit
On February 6th, Dr. Kamesha Spates was an invited panelist on Titled: Addressing and Understanding Suicide for the Engagement in the Black Community: A Virtual NAADC Summit. The conference is...
Dr. Germain published an expended and translated version of Black French Women with a prestigious French publishing house
Edition Seuil, one of France's most prestigious publishing houses, translated and published an expanded version of Dr. Germain and Larcher's Black French Women
Dr. Robin Brooks featured on PBS for episode of 'Dead and Buried' discussing death and grief.
Dr. Christel N. Temple was featured in WalletHub's recent article about States with Most Racial Progress.
Dr. Robin Brooks published an article in InsideHigherEd, "Co-Editing Across Institutions"
Congratulations to graduate students, Grace Naa Korkoi Amoah and Adeyemi Badewa whose abstracts were accepted at the National Association of African American Studies Conference
Graduate students Grace Naa Korkoi Amoah and Adeyemi Badewa abstracts have been accepted at the National Association of African American Studies Conference in February 2024. The department wishes...