Professor Safiya Noble, will be the recipient of an honorary doctorate at Leiden University, the Netherlands, granted by its Faculty of Social Sciences. This award becomes another kudo for Professor […]
Professor Scot Brown was invited to present a paper at the Caribbean Philosophical Association conference “Shifting the Geography of Reason: Fanon at 100”. The conference commemorates the 100th anniversary […]
Cheryl L. Keyes, a professor of ethnomusicology and global jazz studies as well as the chair of the African American studies department, has recently been awarded a silver medal in […]
UCLA African American Studies Department’s own Professor, Dr. Sobukwe Odinga was recently featured in the Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice. You can read his essay entitled “A Fragile […]
Professor Terence Keel, an educator in the Department of African American Studies and theUCLA Institute for Society and Genetics was recently featured in the History of Science Society’s 114th Volume […]
November 16, 2022 The faculty and staff of the UCLA Department of African American Studies stand in support of our Postdoctoral Scholars, Academic Researchers, Academic Student Employees (ASEs-TAs/Readers/Tutors), and Graduate […]
Teaching Fellow Brisa Smith-Flores is this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award! This award is given to individuals who inspire their students through respect and leadership during their time […]
This event will feature a panel that discusses the recent publication of Dr. Geneva Smitherman’s memoir: Geneva Napoleon Smitherman, My Soul Look Back in Wonder, 1st edition (Routledge, 2022). Three speakers, […]
The African American Studies Department is seeking candidates for a Non-Senate Lecturer position who can teach courses in African American and African Diaspora Studies. Survey courses (lectures) or those topics […]
