
The Department of African American Studies is committed to bringing academic research to the broadest possible audience, within and beyond the walls of the university. We believe that the deepest understanding of the complex reality of race in America requires a truly interdisciplinary approach, one that draws on history and literature, the social sciences and the arts.
Approved by the Board of Regents in 1970, the Department of African American Studies (formerly Afro-American Studies) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is an outgrowth of the student concern for relevance in higher education which was so dramatically evidenced on many college campuses during the late 1960s. Today, the department offers a wide variety of courses leading to both undergraduate and graduate degrees and is one of the most successful programs in the country.
News and Events
Ifatunji Awarded NIH Diversity Supplement Grant
Ifatunji awarded NIH Diversity Supplement grant to study health and mortality disparities of native- and foreign-born Blacks in the United States, IDS affiliate Mosi Ifatunji was recently awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Diversity Supplement grant …
September 8, 2023Thulani Davis’ The Emancipation Circuit: Black Activism Forging a Culture of Freedom is the winner of the $50,000 MAAH Stone Book Award!
Thulani Davis’ The Emancipation Circuit: Black Activism Forging a Culture of Freedom is the winner of the $50,000 MAAH Stone Book Award! The MAAH Stone Book Award (MAAH-SBA) recognizes the most exemplary contemporary scholarship and …
September 6, 2023Professor Christina Greene Winner of the 2023 Julia Cherry Spruill Prize
Congratulations Professor Christina Greene! She is was awarded the 2023 Julia Cherry Spruill Prize for Best Book on Southern Women’s History, (Southern Association of Women Historians) for her book Free Joan Little: The Politics of …
September 5, 2023“We will not be afraid to share who we are”; Black Teachers’ Experiences with Antiblackness during a Global Pandemic by Dr. Jessica Lee Stovall
One of our new Assistant Professors Dr. Jessica Lee Stovall has a new article published in the Journal of Negro Education. Congratulations Dr. Jessica Lee Stovall! Please see below for an excerpt from her article.
July 25, 2023Assistant Professor Brittney Edmonds Attends Wisconsin Idea Seminar
Assistant Professor Brittney Edmonds participated in the Wisconsin Idea seminar in May where new faculty and staff go on a five-day trip around Wisconsin.
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