Department Programs
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.
Department News
- Emerging Scholars Discuss Undergraduate Research With Gettysburg College Students
- Lauren Roedner '13 curates exhibit in Special Collections
- Prof. Scott Hancock connects Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. on Huffington Post
- Sixty seconds with Gettysburg College's new Gondwe Scholars; watch videos
- Newly hired faculty bring wealth of knowledge to campus
- Prof. Scott Hancock authors Emancipation Proclamation piece in New York Times
- Seventh Annual Gondwe Lecturer, Ms. Kah Walla
- Debating Black History Month
Alumni Spotlight
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.
60 Seconds with Prof. Florence Ramond Jurney
Prof. Florence Ramond Jurney discusses her research and the courses she teaches in the Africana Studies department.
Africana Studies
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300 North Washington St.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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