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Taylor Roberson: Whitney “Whitty” Rasome Scholarship Recipient
Taylor Roberson is the 2020/2021 winner of the Whitney “Whitty” Ransom Scholarship in African American and African Diaspora Studies.Taylor is a rising sophomore AADS major and Criminal Justice minor. She is a member of the Neo-Black Society, and an AADS Ambassador. She is a dynamic student and has already completed… Continue reading…
Armondo Collins Will Tell His Own Story, Thank You Very Much
AADS faculty member Dr. Armondo Collins interviewed by WUNC
Dr. Omar Ali and alumna Tiera Moore lead “Race and Racism in American History” forum series
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: AADS Hosts Community Read
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…
A statement from AADS: Dr. Noelle Morrissette addresses the murder of George Floyd
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
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…
Michael Cauthen Receives 2020 Honors College Teaching and Mentoring Excellence Award
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…
AADS Celebration of Graduates 2020
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