Prof. Hakim Williams and his AFS 246 class travel to Trinidad to study Human Rights Policy and its practice in the Caribbean.
Christina Jackson was awarded a PhD in sociology on June 15, 2014 from University of California Santa Barbara. Her dissertation was entitled: "Black San Francisco: The Politics of Race and Space in the City."
Dr. Angela Davis, with 2013 CPC Conference attendees, after her keynote speech
Prof. Hakim Williams Wins the Dr. Ralph Cavaliere Endowed Teaching Award
Dr. Angela Davis with students during the 2013 CPC Conference
Jonathan Ostar speaks at the 8th Annual Gondwe Lecture
Lauren Roedner '13 curates exhibit in Special Collections
Africana Studies combines a traditional liberal arts perspective with interdisciplinary skills of investigation, analysis, and communication for students of all backgrounds.
Africana Studies offers both a major and a minor.
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Jessica Marshall '11
Major: English with a Writing Concentration
Minors: Africana Studies and German
Jessica was born in Peterborough, England but has spent nearly all of her life in Connecticut. She has worked with Residence Life as an orientation Leader (Fall 2008). She has studied abroad at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa and the ASE program in Bath, England. She served as an editor-in-chief of the Accent Journal, Gettysburg's online journal for the languages. She is using her AFS minor as a way to expand upon her knowledge and love of the African culture.
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