AAS 271: “Rebuilding Black Societies Through Social, Economic & Cultural Innovation” SPRING 2024 03/11-05/03 (HHG) WEDNESDAYS 3:30-5:25 PM Rev. Dr. Alex Gee INSTRUCTOR CONSENT This course will explore the power and role of social innovation in Black communities by looking at two local Black start-ups, The Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development and the Center …
AAS 271: Afrofuturism and Popular Culture! Instructor: Prof. Anthony Black TR 9:30-10:45 am “Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic that combines science-fiction, history and fantasy to explore the African American experience and aims to connect those from the black diaspora with their forgotten African ancestry. (Art Terms – www.tate.org.uk) This course will use the writing of …
This episode, focusing on the topic of Activating the Wisconsin Idea: Reclaiming the Narrative, features panelists Dr. Cora Marrett ’68, Former Acting Director of the National Science Foundation, Professor Emerita of Sociology, and member of the L&S Board of Visitors: Dr. Luke Zoet, Associate Professor of Geoscience; Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara, Department Chair and Professor of …
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.
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 …