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 …
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Spring 2024 AAS 271 Afrofuturism and Popular Culture!
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 …
Professor Christy Clark-Pujara was featured on the L&S Elevate Podcast Live Episode
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 …
Emeritus Professor Freida High Tesfagiorgis in Wisconsin PBS Film
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 …
Ad-hoc study group will recommend ways to improve the Black experience at UW–Madison
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 …
Fill The Hill October 5-6
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 …
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 …
Thulani 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 …
“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.
Welcome New Faculty, Dr. Jessica Lee Stovall and Dr. Andrene Wright
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. …