News
January 10, 2024
Dr. Robin Brooks featured on PBS for episode of 'Dead and Buried' discussing death and grief.
January 9, 2024
Dr. Christel N. Temple was featured in WalletHub's recent article about States with Most Racial Progress.
December 13, 2023
Dr. Robin Brooks published an article in InsideHigherEd, "Co-Editing Across Institutions"
December 1, 2023
Congratulations to graduate students, Grace Naa Korkoi Amoah and Adeyemi Badewa whose abstracts were accepted at the National Association of African American Studies Conference
Graduate students Grace Naa Korkoi Amoah and Adeyemi Badewa abstracts have been accepted at the National Association of African American Studies Conference in February 2024. The department wishes...
November 8, 2023
Dr. Robin Brooks named to the Executive Committee of the College Language Association
October 20, 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Jerome Taylor who is being honored at the 2023 Dr. Larry E. Davis Black Excellence in the Academy Award Dinner
October 6, 2023
Dr. Christel Temple recently moderated, "Writing Away From Home: In-Conversation with Rania Mamoun & Leila Aboulela"
July 31, 2023
Dr. Robin Brooks selected for 10th anniversary cohort of Pardee RAND Faculty Leaders Program on public policy analysis.
June 29, 2023
Dr. Kamesha Spates- Black Americans need culturally relevant suicide prevention programs, a new study found
March 3, 2023
Dr. Robin Brooks quoted in JBHE article, "University of Pittsburgh to Offer a Ph.D. Program in Africana Studies"
March 2, 2023
Dr. Amanda Boston Awarded Pitt Momentum Priming Grant to Support Research on Black Brooklyn
February 17, 2023
Dr. Robin Brooks interviewed for CBS Pittsburgh article, "'Lift Every Voice and Sing' performed at Super Bowl for first time."
February 13, 2023
Dr. Kamesha Spates: North Central Sociological Association's Scholarly Achievement Award Recipient
Dr. Kamesha Spates has recently co-authored “Repertoire of Resilience: Black Women’s Social Resistance to Suicide” with Dr. Brittany Slatton. The article was selected among a large pool of...
