Dr. Ali and alumna Moore lead “Race and Racism in American History” forum series A new forum series was launched in June called “Race and Racism in American History.” The first part of this online forum series was held on June 25, and included upwards of 80 participants (despite being Zoom-bombed and… Continue reading…
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. (GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA)—The African American and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) program at UNC Greensboro received a $15,000 Big Read grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to host… Continue reading…
Statement from the Director As Director of African American and African Diaspora Studies I share my response to the murder of George Floyd, only the most recent life lost in a spate of recent acts of racial violence—and this in a much longer history of attacks on the personhood of… Continue reading…
Africans in the Greco-Roman World is one of the newly funded faculty-student research collaborations which took place through a course offering in the fall of 2019. The course combines classical studies with history and African diaspora studies. The material counters the common impression that people who lived in and interacted… Continue reading…
Professor Michael Cauthen, a lecturer and advisor in the African American & African Diaspora Studies Program, was awarded the inaugural Honors College Teaching and Mentoring Excellence Award. The award recognizes Honors College faculty who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and mentoring in Honors seminars, embedded sections, contract courses, and through their… Continue reading…
On behalf of the AADS faculty and staff, we celebrate and acknowledge our 10 graduating majors and 27 graduating minors! Please visit this link in order to view the Virtual celebration of graduates and words of encouragment from AADS facutly to the class of 2020 http:// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auF0h1vfsQs
UNC Greensboro’s African American and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) program unites many disciplines from across campus, and that cross-disciplinary work helps students, faculty, and the greater community understand Blackness, within both national and international contexts. This year, the annual conference, the Conference on African American and African Diasporic Cultures and… Continue reading…
Dr. Cerise L. Glenn’s co-edited special issue on First lady Michelle Obama is available on the Women & Language website (Volume 40 Issue 1). This coming Fall, Dr. Glenn will be co-teaching a graduate course (CST 612) on First Lady Michelle Obama with Dr. Elizabeth J. Natalle.
Explore pathways from the spiritual to the metaphysical through the art of AADS professor Dr. Frank Woods and NC’s visual artist, poet, and educator Vandorn Hinnant. This exhibit runs through March 30, 2019 at the Artery Gallery in Greensboro, NC.
Dr. Tara T. Green recently published a book entitled: “Reimagining the Middle Passage: Black Resistance in Literature, Television, and Song.” Check out her feature in UNCG’s Research Magazine.
