PhD Program 

The doctoral program in African American and African Studies offers exclusive advanced study with vanguard scholars who work to forward the power and scope of Black lives, worlds, and world building. The doctoral program has three concentrations of study: Black Cultures and Institutions, Black Girlhood Studies, and Black Speculative Ecologies. 

Currently, we are not accepting applications for admission to the graduate program. 

For general inquiries about AAAS please contact aaas@msu.edu.