College of Letters & Science
The Department of African American Studies hosted a reception last Friday, April 19th, to celebrate Dr. Reverend Alexander Gee, who will be receiving a honorary Doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison this May. Gee was jointly nominated for the honorary degree by the Department of African American Studies and the Morgridge Center for Public …
The Department of African American Studies would like to congratulate our 2023-2024 Anna Julia Cooper Fellow, Jessica Lee Stovall, on receiving the Outstanding Dissertation Award at the Critical Educators for Social Justice business meeting last week at the AERA (American Education Research Association) conference in Philadelphia. Stovall also participated in the Roundtable discussion: …
This April, African American Studies Professor Dr. Ethelene Whitmire guest curated “Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century” with Leslie Anne Anderson, Chief Curator, at the National Nordic Museum. The exhibit was inspired by Whitmire’s research in Denmark. “Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century illuminates the untold story of African American visual …
Department Chair and Professor of African American Studies, Christy Clark-Pujara, attended the Organization of American Historians (OAH) Annual Conference in New Orleans last week and participated in the Roundtable “The Black Midwest and Public Dialogue: Reclaiming Black History to Serve the Present”. Crystal Moten, a UW–Madison African American Studies Alum and current Curator of …
First year graduate students Philip Adeyemi and Forrest Ashworth traveled to the 2024 Hudson Symposium at Indiana University last week to present their research, exchange ideas, and network with scholars and peers on a national scale.
Co-sponsored by The Department of Communication Arts, and the International Screenwriters’ Association, the first annual Wisconsin Screenwriters’ Symposium is a convening of area storytellers, aspiring screenwriters, and film students for a series of workshops, panels, and career development events. Events include a panel on breaking into the business, an elevator pitch event, and a Screenwriting …
Join Professor Brittney Edmonds, Michael Bernard-Donals, Patricia Brady, Harry Brighouse, Russ Castronovo, and Armando Ibarra on Wednesday, April 10th at 5:30pm to hear their discussion on “Public Universities, Legislatures, and Academic Freedom”. The panel will discuss the external pressures facing public institutions such as UW–Madison. Topics will include the recent deal that was struck between …
Professor Christina Greene discussed her latest book, FREE JOAN LITTLE: The Politics of Race, Sexual Violence and Imprisonment, as a part of the Schomburg series: Conversations in Black Freedom Studies on March 7th. Greene was joined by scholars Scholars Anastasia Curwood and Suzanne Cope to discuss the role of Black women in movements for justice and …
“Black teachers are expected to improve the racial literacy of their colleagues and school culture while simultaneously experiencing burnout from racial battle fatigue.” Jessica Lee Stovall, a current fellow in the Department of African American Studies, has published a piece in Volume 113 of the English Journal titled “Black Teachers’ Use of Liberatory Design to …
Reverend Dr. Alex Gee, a UW–Madison alumnus and lifelong community advocate for change, will be conferred the honorary doctorate of humane letters at the spring 2024 commencement ceremony. Reverend Dr. Gee will be recognized for his outstanding community work pursuing equity in the state of Wisconsin. Rev. Dr. Gee is the Lead Pastor of Fountain …