The Department of African American Studies has funding available to assist graduate students in defraying the costs associated with travel to attend a conference or conduct archival research. Conference presentation travel awards can be up to $1,500 and non-presentation awards up to $1,000. In order to be eligible for these funds you must submit this form.
Grievances and Appeals:
Students should contact the department chair, Dr. Christy Clark Pujara, or program director, Dr. Ethelene Whitmire, with questions about grievances. They may also contact the L&S Academic Divisional Associate Deans, the L&S Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning Administration, or the L&S Director of Human Resources.
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Past M.A. Theses
- Virginia Lee, 2023: “Clarissa T. Sligh: The Democratic Multiple in the Artist’s Book, Reading Dick and Jane With Me”
- Gavin Huismann, 2022: Resistance on the Run: Freedom-Seekers and Their Uncommon Possessions
- Shannen Williams, 2006: “‘Joan was a Good Girl’: Rethinking the Politics of Black Female Respectability Through the Lens of the Political Trial of Joan Victoria Bird, 1969-1971”
Please contact Dr. Ethelene Whitmire, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, with any questions.