Tag: Africana Studies

African-American

Kent State University Renames Department of Pan-African Studies

Kent State University’s Department of Pan-African Studies will be renamed the Department of Africana Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, effective Fall 2021, Kent Wired reported. Dr. Felix Kumah-Abiwu, associate professor in the department of Pan-African studies said the curriculum will stay the same. “The material being taught in the department of Africana […]

July 8, 2021

News Roundup

George Washington University Faculty Push for Cluster Hire and More Africana Studies Program Funding

A group of department chairs and program directors are urging George Washington University to hire more underrepresented faculty and increase Africana studies program funding, The GW Hatchet reported. The group has created a petition calling on GW officials to hire 18 minority faculty “primarily” in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) and give money for […]

February 8, 2021

News Roundup

UNC Wilmington to Cluster Hire for Africana Studies, Race, Racial Inequality and Social Justice

University of North Carolina Wilmington’s College of Arts and Sciences will be making a cluster hire in the areas of Africana studies, race, racial inequality and social justice, according to a UNCW university officials. The hires will be in psychology, history, sociology, criminology, film studies and philosophy, with more hires in other subjects in the […]

January 6, 2021

African-American

Emerging Scholar Profile: Curry and the Relevance of Philosophy

Having grown up in a working-class family in Lake Charles, La., Dr. Tommy Curry is no stranger to intellectual adversity.

January 25, 2018

Sports

Experts Have Low Expectations for Chapel Hill Investigation

The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the NCAA on Friday delayed the publication of an infraction report, the result of an extensive investigation into academic fraud within athletic programs at the flagship university.

October 8, 2017