Spring 2026 internship: Archival Research & Digital Exhibit in Cuban Studies

Thursday October 16, 2025

Archival Research & Digital Exhibit in Cuban Studies: Paid ($1,200 stipend + $500 travel funds) with UF’s Smathers Libraries and Bob Graham Center! Apply by Nov 7.

AFAM has strong presence at ASALH 2025

Saturday October 4, 2025

The African American Studies Program was well represented at the 2025 Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) conference.

AFAM at 2025 Convocation

Sunday September 14, 2025

On August 24th, African American Studies and the Sankofa Society connected with incoming Gators at the Fall 2025 Convocation in the Reitz Union Ballroom. Faculty and student leaders shared the value of majoring or minoring in African American Studies, highlighting the program’s focus on Black history, culture, media, and social justice. It was a powerful start to the semester, rooted in community, scholarship, and purpose.

DMC Writing Retreat

Sunday September 14, 2025

The Digital Media and Community Initiative welcomed scholars from the DISCO Network and across UF for a week-long writing retreat focused on Black digital studies, abolitionist media, and community-centered scholarship. Held July 26–August 3, the retreat featured interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty from Colgate, Maryland, Georgia Tech, and UF’s African American Studies, Journalism, and Computer Science departments.

Dr. Winstead joins the Black Boys and Technology Initiative

Friday August 1, 2025

Dr. Winstead joins the Black Boys & Tech Initiative in Chicago, Illinois, to discuss Black boys in higher education and the technology field.

Welcome the 2024-2025 Mellon Scholars Cohort

Friday January 24, 2025

Welcome to the 2024-2025 African American Studies Mellon Scholars cohort.

Upcoming Event: Fireside Chat with Bomani Jones

Friday January 24, 2025

Join the African American Studies program on Race and Sport, which features Sports Analyst and Host Bomani Jones.

Upcoming Event: Page Unbound: Black Living and Other Computational Poetics

Thursday January 23, 2025

AFAM Student Sophia Williams wins NCBS’ 2025 Terry Kershaw Undergraduate Essay Contest

Wednesday January 15, 2025

African American Studies would like to congratulate Sophia Williams who won the 2025 Terry Kershaw Undergraduate Student Essay Contest for her paper “From Colonial Injustice to Contemporary Challenges: Unraveling the Complex Narratives of Beauty, Body Image, and Anti-Blackness among African American Women.”  Sophia is a 2023-2024 AFAM Mellon Scholar and AFAM Honors student with a […]

Dr. Alyssa P. Cole and Dr. Winstead win honorable mention at American Studies 2024 Conference

Tuesday January 14, 2025

Drs. Cole and Winstead awarded 2024 honorable mention in the Critical Ethnic Studies paper award from the American Studies Association.

“The Other Book” series to explore Black history in Alachua County

Thursday January 9, 2025

On January 11, this lecture series kicks off with its first of four lectures focusing on the transatlantic passage enslaved Africans experienced on their way to America. The series is named for the “other” book that Black teachers used before schools were integrated.

Kappa Alpha Psi donate $50,000 to AFAM

Tuesday September 17, 2024

The African American Studies program would like to thank the Zeta Phi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. who donated $50,000 to the African American Studies Program endowment during the African American Studies 2024 Convocation. Convocation is annual open house event hosted by African American Studies aimed at exposing the UF community, Gainesville, and […]

Run:DM.C hosts inaugural event, “Politics, Movement, and Joy: A Meditation on Black Twitter”

Sunday August 11, 2024

On August 29, 2024, the Digital Media and Community Initiative (Run: DM.C) hosted its inaugural event, Politics, Movement, and Joy: A Meditation on Black Twitter, to celebrate the Hulu documentary series Black Twitter. Panelists included Arizona State’s Sarah Florini, Washington University in St. Louis’ Raven Maragh-Lloyd, and Hulu documentary participant Georgia Institute of Technology’s André […]

Dr. Rik Stevenson Denounces Systematic Racism on Juneteenth at Bo Diddley Plaza

Wednesday July 3, 2024

Dr. Winstead to Present at the 2024 DISCO Summit

Wednesday June 12, 2024

Dr. Kevin Winstead will be a featured panelist for the Digital Inquiry Speculation Collaboration Optimism (DISCO) Network’s DISCO Summit 2024. The Summit is a two-day interdisciplinary summer symposium about digital social inequalities, celebrating the network’s third year.  Dr. Winstead is a former fellow under Dr. André Brock’s Project on Rhetorics, Equity, Access, and Computational Humanities […]