This summer, Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara has been leading a six-week seminar in partnership with Madison’s non-profit organization, the Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development. The course, “Slavery and Capitalism”, explores and recognizes the history of forced labor of people of African descent and how those forced contributions developed the U.S. economy. The course allows members …
On July 22nd, Dr. Andrene Wright was featured as a political science expert on Channel 3000’s coverage of Vice President Harris’ roots in Madison. Wright notes: “(Harris) is South Indian, she is African American, she’s Jamaican…she comes with all of these different identities and she also comes with these social networks.” Professor Wright will be …
Assistant Professor Dr. Mosi Ifatunji has published a new article for The American Sociological Association entitled “Toward an Ethnoracial Ontology for the Study of Race and Ethnicity: The Case of African Americans and Black Immigrants in the United States”. Read the full piece here.
Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara and department Alumnus, Dr. Rev. Alexander Gee, joined Channel 3000’s “For the Record” segment to discuss the groundbreaking for The Center of Black Excellence and Culture last Friday. The two were joined by Neil Heinen, who serves on Advisory Council for the Center. Watch the full interview and panel discussion here. …