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African American Studies Newsletter

AFAM has strong presence at ASALH 2025

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.
Leadership Rooted in Scholarship, Vision, and Community

Leadership Rooted in Scholarship, Vision, and Community

Thursday August 28, 2025

We are proud to welcome Dr. Riché J. Daniel Barnes as the new Director of AFAM at the University of Florida!
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Courtney Moore Taylor Publishes Groundbreaking Research in Journal of Southern History

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Courtney Moore Taylor Publishes Groundbreaking Research in Journal of Southern History

Monday August 25, 2025

AFAM celebrates Dr. Courtney Moore Taylor’s latest article, “A Badge of Slavery: Clothing and Enslaved Teenage Girls’ Identity Formation.”
Campus and Community News

Campus and Community News

Thursday February 20, 2025

On November 19th, 2024, the AFA program welcomed Dr. Mar’tina Wimberly and Dr. Erich T. Wyckoft to discuss the ways social science degrees can be an effective discipline for medical training.
Dr. Alyssa P. Cole and Dr. Winstead win honorable mention at American Studies 2024 Conference

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

“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

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 […]
Dr. Kevin Winstead named 2024-2025 Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies Fellow

Dr. Kevin Winstead named 2024-2025 Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies Fellow

Wednesday July 3, 2024

Dr. Kevin Winstead has been named a Center for Black, Brown, and Queer (BBQ+) Studies 2023-2024 Fellow. BBQ+ activates, connects, and mobilizes educators, researchers, and activists from marginalized communities. The BBQ+ Academic Fellowship Program provides mentorship, career development advice, and writing support to underrepresented scholars (broadly and intersectionally defined) as they establish themselves within academic institutions […]
AFA Faculty Win Grants!

AFA Faculty Win Grants!

Tuesday October 9, 2018

Several of the African American Studies core faculty members, affiliate faculty members, and advisory board members are members of research teams that have been awarded Intersections Grants from the Mellon Foundation (organized by the Center for the Humanities and Public Sphere).  See the information below and information about each of the four grants The African American Studies faculty, affiliates, and […]
Dr. Manoucheka Celeste Wins A Second Book Award!

Dr. Manoucheka Celeste Wins A Second Book Award!

Tuesday October 9, 2018

Dr. Manoucheka Celeste, Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Gender, Women’s Studies, and Sexualities Research, recently won the Diamond Anniversary Book Award from the National Communication Association for her book, Race, Gender, and Citizenship in the African Diaspora: Travelling Blackness (Routledge 2017). This Award is given to “the most outstanding scholarly book published during […]

African Americans in Paris Spring Break Class

Tuesday October 9, 2018

During the 2018 spring break in March, Dr. Sharon Austin accompanied 13 students to Paris for the African Americans in Paris class.  This was the fifth consecutive year the class was offered.  The students watched online lectures, read materials, completed papers, and took an exam before traveling to France.  While there, they listened to lectures […]
AFA Students Present Research at Academic Conferences

AFA Students Present Research at Academic Conferences

Tuesday October 9, 2018

In the fall of 2017, Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn took three African American Studies students, Kayla O’Neal, DeAunte Fox, and Syleena Powell, to the Annual Meeting of the Association of African American Life and History (ASALH) Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio to present their research on a panel entitled “The Implications of Gender and Race in Three Dimensions.”  […]

Dr. Sharon Austin’s Promotion to Full Professor

Tuesday October 9, 2018

Dr. Sharon Austin’s third book, The Caribbeanization of Black Politics: Race, Group Consciousness, and Political Participation in America, was published by SUNY, Albany Press in March 2018.  She has also been promoted to the rank of full professor.  You can access some of her articles for The Conversation at the links below.  Congratulations Dr. Austin! […]

Dr. Vincent Adejumo Wins Teacher of the Year

Tuesday October 9, 2018

Dr. Vincent Adejumo won a Teacher of the Year Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences during the spring 2018 semester. Dr. Adejumo has been a Lecturer in the UF African American Studies Program since 2015 and had served as a graduate teaching assistant since 2011. He teaches a number of courses including […]