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Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez receives 2023 Creating a Just Community Award
The Creating a Just Community Award debuted in 2014. It recognizes Pitt faculty and staff members who have made outstanding efforts to create a more just, equitable, and inclusive University...
Dr. Robin Brooks's Book Wins Honorable Mention.
Dr. Robin Brooks wrote an article for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette detailing the distinctive history of Black politics in Pittsburgh.
Welcoming Dr. Tiana U. Wilson
In September 2023, Dr. Tiana U. Wilson will join the Department of Africana Studies. Dr....
CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Amanda Boston selected to receive the Dr. Larry E. Davis Emerging Scholar Award
Dr. Boston was selected to receive the Dr. Larry E. Davis Emerging Scholar Award. This award recognizes the tremendous success she has already experienced as a new...
Dr. Christel Temple named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Black Studies
For the last half of a century, the Journal of Black Studies has been the leading source for dynamic, innovative, and creative research on the Black experience. Poised to remain at the...
Africana Studies Co-sponsors "Archiving Your Family Collections: African Genealogy Workshop" by Heinz History Center
Robin Brooks in Pitt News article "ICYMI: A conversation on class, gender and fiction"
Robin Brooks in Pitt News article "Pitt professor talks new book, Class Disparities and Black women's literature"
Robin Brooks to present her new book "Class Interruptions" on UNC Off The Shelf: Author Talks and NCBS Virtual RoundTable
From UNC: This month's Off The Shelf event on 2/24 will feature professor Robin Brooks (DrChangeMaker), presenting on...
Robin Brooks selected as Most Valuable Professor by Pitt's Women's Basketball Team
Robin Brooks selected to be part 2022 Digital Humanities Scholars Program
This program is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and is hosted at the University of Kansas. The events will be virtual this year.
Please contribute to our Department of Africana Studies Student Racial Justice and Racial Equity Fund! This campaign is part of the Pitt Day of Giving campaign for February, 2022.
This campaign is part of the Pitt Day of Giving campaign for February, 2022.