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

Posted on August 26, 2025

The African American Studies department proudly celebrates Dr. Courtney Moore Taylor, whose latest article, “A Badge of Slavery: Clothing and Enslaved Teenage Girls’ Identity Formation,” appears in the August 2025 issue of the Journal of Southern History. In this powerful and deeply researched work, Dr. Taylor explores how clothing functioned as both a tool of control and a […]

Dr. Alyssa P. Cole gives the 2024 Alyce Hunley Whayne lecture

Posted on July 16, 2024

Dr. Alyssa Cole recently gave the 2024 Alyce Hunley Whayne lecture entitled “Movement Before the Movement: Black Women’s Health Activism in Kansas City” at Kansas University as part of the Alyce Hunley Whayne Visiting Researchers fellowship. The Whayne Scholars Program supports visiting scholars and researchers from across the country requiring the use of Spencer Research […]

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

Posted on July 3, 2024

Dr. Barnes awarded the 2024-2025 CES Grant

Posted on July 1, 2024

Congratulations to Dr. Riche’ Barnes, who has been awarded a Center for European Studies course enhancement grant for 2024-2025. The CES grant is to develop African American Studies’ African Diaspora course. The course considers the history, culture, and politics of Africans on the continent and African-descended peoples across the world including in the U.S., the […]

Congratulations to Dr. Drew Brown

Posted on July 1, 2024

The African American Studies program would like to congratulate Dr. Drew Brown, recipient of the the University of Florida’s Humanities Scholarship Enrichment Fund (HSEF). The HSEF awards supports new research activity that is competitive for National Endowment for the Humanities funding.

Dr. Kevin Winstead receives funding for Run:\DM.C initiative

Posted on April 12, 2024

The Digital Inquiry Speculation Collaboration Optimism (DISCO) Network awards African American Studies and Sociology Assistant Professor of Critical Media and AI Studies professor Dr. Kevin C. Winstead $20,000 to fund the Run:/DM.C initiative. The Run:/Digital Media and Community (Run:/DM.C) initiative at the University of Florida is being constituted with a mission of fostering a community […]

UF students, faculty help transcribe 8,731 pages for Frederick Douglass Day

Posted on April 4, 2024

Dr. Alyssa P. Cole named 2024 Alyce Hunley Whayne Visiting Researcher

Posted on April 2, 2024

The African American Studies program would like to congratulate Dr. Alyssa P. Cole, winner of the 2024 Alyce Hunley Whayne Visiting Researcher Award. The award facilitates research and use of the University of Kansas Library collections. Dr. Cole will use the award this summer to research Black hospitals in Kansas City during the early 20th […]

Black Strategic Mothering and the School “Choice” Marketplace

Posted on March 12, 2024

The Rutgers University Blackademics Faculty Group and Gender Studies present UF African American Studies’ Dr. Riché Barnes.

The Real Cost of Racial Justice: Black Women Fundraisers and the Radical Organizing Tradition

Posted on March 5, 2024

Join us for the African American Studies Mellon Foundation Speaker Series featuring Dr. Tanisha C. Ford, professor of history at The Graduate Center, City University of New York on the history of Black Women’s philanthropy and organizing.

Dr. Rik Stevenson speaks at Sharon Baptist Church

Posted on February 17, 2024

Dr. Rick Stevenson, a university professor from Florida, discusses the Nubian experience and offers an Afrocentric perspective on Scripture.

Traumatic Repercussions: Black Women Birthing and Obstetric Racism

Posted on January 19, 2024

Dr. Dána-Ain Davis, a woman, smiling while standing with a blue shirt and glasses on.

Dr. Ronald Foreman Lecture Series presents Dr. Dána-Ain Davis, Professor of Urban Studies at Queens College. Graduate faculty in Anthropology and Psychology at the City University of New York {CUNY}, and the Director of the Center for the Study of Women and Society.

Sharony Andrews Green, The Chase And Ruins: Zora Neale Hurston In Honduras

Posted on January 18, 2024

Join us on February 23 for a discussion of Green’s book. The book follows Hurston’s little-known anthropological expedition to excavate Mayan ruins in Honduras in the 1940s. Green will be joined by two discussants: Dr. Riché J. Daniel Barnes, Associate Professor of Anthropology, and History PhD Candidate Joe Angelillo.

“Affirmative Action is Dead; Long Live Affirmative Action”

Posted on September 18, 2023

On September 29 at 4:00 pm in Ustler Hall, Dr. Naomi Zack will argue for the importance of higher education for minorities as an egalitarian opportunity to pursue and develop leisure.

Faculty Discuss “The Great Debate: African American Studies in Florida” at Fall Convocation

Posted on September 7, 2023

The Florida DOE rejected the AP African American Studies curriculum because it did not present “opposing views on slavery” and in its current state violates Florida Law. In July, the DOE’s new standards state African Americans had “benefited from slavery.”

Director David Canton makes MSNBC appearance.

Posted on August 31, 2023

University of Florida Professor David Canton joins MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart to discuss AP African American Studies.

Welcoming Black Faculty to Higher Education: A Racial Justice Town Hall

Posted on August 27, 2023

The University of Florida’s Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP), in partnership with the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center and co-sponsored by African American Studies Program and UF Black Student Union, invites the public to a panel discussion.

Dr. Alyssa P. Cole named 2023-2024 Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies Fellow

Posted on July 3, 2023

Dr. Alyssa P. Cole 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 […]

African American Program Faculty Share at Fall Convocation

Posted on December 5, 2022

In October 2022, members of the African American Studies Program faculty shared a few words about their research, the program and the discipline with students.

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