College of Letters & Science
Emeritus Professor Freida High Tesfagiorgis is featured in Wisconsin PBS Film about her life and work. You can watch the video and read an article written by former African American Studies student Sophia Abrams at the link.
At the direction of Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin, an ad-hoc group will study the Black experience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and recommend steps the campus community could take to positively impact that experience. African American Studies Alum Rev. Alex Gee (founder of the Center for Black Excellence and Culture, president and founder of the …
Fill The Hill is in full swing! There is still time to support African American Studies. Go to the link for more information. It’s here! Every year, in honor of one of the most memorable UW pranks ever pulled, we fill Bascom Hill with as many pink lawn flamingos as we can. Each flamingo …
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 to study disparities in the health and mortality of native- and foreign-born Blacks in the United States. Ifatunji, an assistant …
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 writing within the field of African American history and culture.
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 Race, Sexual Violence, and Imprisonment.
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.
Our two new Assistant Professors met for the first time this week. Dr. Jessica Lee Stovall just received her PhD from Stanford in Race, Inequality, and Language in Education, Curriculum and Teacher Education and Dr. Andrene Wright (in the white shirt) received her PhD in Political Science and African American Studies from Northwestern last year …
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.
Congratulations Professor Brenda Gayle Plummer! She received the Evjue-Bascom Professorship. Evjue-Bascom Professorships recognize outstanding teaching in the name of John Bascom, the university’s fifth president and in honor of the late William T. Evjue, founder, editor and publisher of the The Capital Times. The professorships provide money each year to enhance teaching and scholarly activities. …