African American Studies

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

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 […]

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

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Dr. Winstead to Present at the 2024 DISCO Summit

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 […]

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AFAM Mellon Scholars Present at National Black Studies Conference

The African American Studies Program is proud to introduce five of our majors who presented their research at the 47th Annual National Council for Black Studies Conference (NCBS) held on March 22-25, 2023. Presenters range from a first year student to a recent graduate.

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African American Studies student named to the Alexander Grass Scholar Research Program

Congratulations to a third-year honors student, Jehlia Andrew-Brown who is majoring in African American Studies and Psychology. She has been accepted into the first cohort of the Alexander Grass Scholars Research Program. This is a new program sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere for undergraduate students interested in conducting research […]

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