July 20, 2023 – Led by AADS faculty members – the sociologist Dr. Hewan Girma and ethnomusicologist Dr. David Aarons – a group of AADS students and recent alumni explored the rich history and cultures of Zanzibar, Tanzania, and the Swahili coast.
Since December, the Weatherspoon Art Museum has been exhibiting artwork by Dr. Frank Woods, emeritus professor of the African American and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) program at UNCG. Woods directed this program from 1994-2008 and was pivotal in its growth.
Its current director, Dr. Noelle Morrissette credits Woods’ leadership in UNCG’s AADS program’s advancement. “During his twelve years of service as program director, he supported students’ overwhelming enthusiasm for African American Studies, brought their interests to the attention of the university, and implemented the major in African American Studies in 2002.”
February 1, 2023 – Dr. Andrea Hunter and Mr. Jerry Blakemore joined Dean Omar Ali in a conversation on “Race, Culture, and the Law” as part of Black History Month events sponsored by AADS and Lloyd International Honors College.
Two spaces in UNCG’s African American and African Diaspora Studies program will have an official name. And each honors an outstanding individual. The two spaces?
Lorenzo “Logie” Meachum Lecturer’s Office and N. Frank Woods, Jr. Library.
Photos of AADS graduates with faculty, special guests, and family in attendance, held in the Weatherspoon Museum courtyard.
AADS shines a light on the African Diaspora in Latin America with CACE conference programing, classes (e.g. AADS Special Topics “Afro-Latin America”), public talks (e.g. Afro-Colombian scholar Nohora Arrieta Fernandez), publications by faculty members (e.g. ReVista article “African and Afro-Indian Rebel Leaders”), including the work of Omar Ali, Nodia Mena, Nicole… Continue reading…
May 10, 2021 The College of Arts & Sciences announced that this year’s award goes to the African American & African Diaspora Studies Program. The African American & African Diaspora Studies Program plays a key leadership role in The College of Arts & Sciences in helping to promote diversity and… Continue reading…
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Alecia Richardson is the 2021 – 2022 recipient of the AADS Whitney “Whitty” Ransome Scholarship. She is a rising senior double majoring in Political Science with a Pre-Law concentration and African American and African Diaspora Studies. She is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina. She works on campus as a… Continue reading…
