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 …
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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 …
Professor 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 …
“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.
Assistant 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.
Professor Brenda Gayle Plummer Receives the Evjue-Bascom Professorship
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, …
Christy Clark-Pujara Receives The Romnes Fellowship
Congratulations! Professor Christy Clark-Pujara received the prestigious Romnes Fellowship. This program, funded by WARF in recognition of the leadership of the late WARF Trustee President H. I. Romnes, is designed to bridge the gap between …
Brittney Edmonds Receives Fellowship From the Institute for Citizens and Scholars
Congratulations Assistant Professor Brittney Edmonds! She received the Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Institute for Citizens and Scholars. The Career Enhancement Fellows are exceptional scholars whose work broadens the range of perspectives and understandings offered …