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. 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. Winstead to Present at the 2024 DISCO Summit

Posted on 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]

City of Wyoming enlists Dr. Rik Stevenson in cultural competency training

Posted on March 21, 2022

In fall 2020, the City of Wyoming enlisted Dr. Rik Stevenson to engage city staff, including police and fire departments, in cultural competency training. A lecturer in African American Studies at the University of Florida, Stevenson also has Grand Rapids roots.

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