Black Studies Program

Black Studies is a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the society, culture and history of Africans and people of African descent. Drawing on the expertise of scholars of the African and African-American experience in the fields of sociology, literature, the visual and performing arts, history, political science, education, economics, anthropology, and crime and justice studies, the minor has the following goals:

To emphasize the African and African-American contribution to world development
To broaden and deepen students’ understanding of Africa, the African diaspora and the American identity
To provide students of African descent with an opportunity to pursue a program of study directly relevant to their own lives and expose as many students as possible to African and African-American studies.

Black Studies Affiliates

Viviane Saleh-Hanna, Director (Black Studies Program), Crime & Justice Studies
Anupama Arora, English
Tammi Arford, Crime and Justice Studies
Anna Dempsey, Art History
Shari Evans, English
John Fobanjong, Political Science
Anna Klobucka, Portuguese and Women’s & Gender Studies
Erin Krafft, Crime and Justice Studies
Lisa Maya Knauer Sociology and Anthropology
Eric Larson, Crime & Justice Studies
Vanessa Lovelace, Crime & Justice Studies
Devon Lynch, Economics and Public Policy
Toniqua Mikell, Crime & Justice Studies
Morgan J. Peters, English
Isabel F Rodrigues, Sociology and Anthropology
Mark Santow, History
Bridget Teboh, History
Heather Turcotte, Crime & Justice Studies
Timothy Walker, History
Tryon Woods, Crime & Justice Studies

Selected Faculty in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Visual and Performing Arts also participate in offering courses.