An FB Page for students, staff, alumni, allies, and faculty of the African American Studies Program
Established in academic year 1995-1996, the African American Studies Program is directed by Professor Dexter Gordon, who is joined in the program by Professors Grace Livingston, Renee Simms, and Hans Ostrom. Many other faculty members from departments in the humanities and social sciences also teach in the program.
10/24/2025
Dr. Brackett will share her Humanities Washington talk one more time before the new year. Starting in 2026 she will be giving a new talk for Humanities Washington, so be on the look out for that as well. Until then, join her for this Mirror Stage series.
09/23/2025
02/22/2025
Consider supporting Grand Cinema this Sunday, by attending the screening and post film discussion on "Concussion."
Join us for a special screening of Concussion at The Grand Cinema at 2:30 pm on Sunday, February 23 with a post-film discussion led by Dr. LaToya Brackett, Associate Professor in African American Studies and a member of the Race & Pedagogy Institute’s leadership team at the University of Puget Sound.
Stick around after the film & join Dr. Brackett in a discussion around the history and connection of racism & CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) in the NFL, centering the Black American relationship with the NFL & the lawsuit about "race-norming" in CTE compensation from 2021. Finally, we'll tie it all into this most recent Super Bowl, with its major Black presence & message.
Learn more and get tickets:
Concussion Join us for a special screening of Concussion at The Grand Cinema at 2:30 pm on Sunday, February 23 with a post-film discussion led by LaToya Brackett, MA, PhD, Associate Professor in African American Studies and a member of the Race & Pedagogy Institute’s leadership team at the University of Puge...
05/06/2024
Much congratulations to our 2024 graduates in the major and minor of African American Studies. It has been an honor teaching you and learning from you.
-Your AFAM-ily
03/22/2024
African American Studies, the School of Education, and the Race & Pedagogy Institute are co-sponsoring "An Evening with Education Journalist Benjamin Herold" on Wed. March 27, 6:00 - 7:30pm in the Wheelock Rotunda.
This presentation centers on Herold's book, Disillusioned: Five Families and the Unraveling of American's Suburbs. Disillusioned tells the story of five families living in suburbs outside of Chicago, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Dallas. Through examination of our history of racial segregation, white flight, and capital disinvestment, and through interviews with these families, Herold documents our current suburban decline and the way suburban schools are failing students.
This event is free and open to the public.
We invite you to attend and to share this notice with students and community members.
02/29/2024
Please join us next Thursday, March 7 in Schneebeck Concert Hall for a conversation with author Yaa Gyasi facilitated by curator Jabari Owens-Bailey from Museum of Glass. It is free and open to the public. Tickets are needed and available through the university website.
02/08/2024
We are bringing some of our former students back to campus for Black History Month. What a crew. We are looking forward to having them share with the campus.
12/04/2023
New course for spring. Sign up today!
11/09/2023
It's that time of the year when students are signing up for classes. Well we got some good ones. The one we are most excited about is the one being taught by our visiting assistant professor, Dr. Hyunjoo Yu, "The 1619 Project". It's also a block class meeting only once a week on Tuesdays at 3:30pm.
09/21/2023
On Monday, October 9, renowned poet and essayist Ross Gay will deliver the Fall 2023 Susan Resneck Pierce Lecture in Public Affairs and Arts and in partnership with the Race & Pedagogy Institute. Prof. Gay’s collections of poetry have garnered the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and his collected essays The Book of Delights was a New York Times bestseller. His newest collection, The Book of (More) Delights was released in September of 2023.
Following Prof. Gay’s reading will be a book signing in the Pierce Atrium, Wyatt Hall from 8:30-9 p.m.
Tickets: At the artist’s request, this reading is free of charge for all. No-cost tickets are available online and at the Logger Store in Wheelock Student Center.
Fall 2023 Susan Resneck Pierce Lecture - Ross Gay | University of Puget Sound On Monday, October 9, renowned poet and essayist Ross Gay will deliver the Fall 2023 Susan Resneck Pierce Lecture in Public Affairs and Arts and in partnership with the Race & Pedagogy Institute. Prof. Gay’s collections of poetry have garnered the PEN American Literary Jean Stein Award, the Nation...
06/28/2023
The African American Studies 311 course, A Journey to Ghana, are wrapping up their trip and some have begun the reflection components required for the class. Rebecca Levine, class of 2024, AFAM major, wrote a nice summary of their 30 days and we published it on our blog page. Check out their journey!
My Ghana Journey: with Rebecca Levine ’24 – African American Studies Goes to Ghana My Ghana Journey: with Rebecca Levine ’24 rlevine Posted on June 28, 2023 Posted in Uncategorized My experience studying abroad in Ghana has been educational, impactful, and fun. At the start of our journey I had a lot of knowledge going in because of our class but I still did not know exactly wha...
06/15/2023
What a great day in Glefe on Monday.