Ask the Expert: How Are Mental Health and Wellness Connected?
May 17, 2024
Mental health has become a part of wellness discussions in schools, workplaces, and health care organizations. In higher education, there has been a greater focus…
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College Welcomes New Faculty and Staff
September 19, 2023
The College of Arts & Letters welcomes 45 new full-time faculty and staff members this Fall 203 Semester. These faculty and staff members were recognized during the 2023 Faculty and Staff Welcome Reception, which was held on Sept. 18.
MSU African American and African Studies ‘Unicorns’ Drive Black Futures Beyond Survival Into Wellness
April 11, 2022
The Department of African American and African Studies (AAAS) was initially founded as a Ph.D. granting program in 2002. On July 1, 2019, AAAS became a department. In Spring 2020, MSU appointed Ruth Nicole Brown the inaugural chair.
Sonic Introductions Reflect Love of Self, Community, and AAAS
February 4, 2022
The Department of African American and African Studies (AAAS) faculty wish to motivate and inspire others by sharing, through personally created Sonic Introductions, what inspires…
Scholar-Educator, Writer, and Performer Joins AAAS as an Academic Specialist
November 1, 2021
Among the first generation on her mother’s side born outside the Jim Crow South and the first generation on her father’s side born outside Ghana,…
Poet, Educator, and Public Health Change Agent Joins AAAS Department
October 21, 2021
A community-accountable scholar, educator, and poet, LeConté Dill joined MSU’s Department of African American and African Studies (AAAS) on September 16, 2021, as an Associate Professor of Black…
Award-Winning Author, Filmmaker, and Scholar Joins AAAS Department
October 18, 2021
A scholar, cultural critic, and award-winning author and documentary filmmaker, Trimiko Melancon joined MSU’s Department of African American and African Studies (AAAS) on September 13, 2021, as a…
AAAS Department Welcomes Three New Faculty Members
August 23, 2021
The Department of African American and African Studies will welcome three new faculty members as the 2021-2022 academic year begins. In September 2021, Trimiko Melancon, LeConté Dill, and Gianina Lockley will join this new department within the College of Arts & Letters.
Podcast: Storytelling in Our Communities
January 28, 2019
On the latest episode of The Liberal Arts Endeavor, a podcast by Michigan State University's College of Arts & Letters, host Dean Christopher P. Long discusses…
Early Career Award Honors Baker-Bell for Language and Literacy Work with Black Youth
April 17, 2018
As a high school English teacher in Detroit, April Baker-Bell says she felt ill-prepared to address her Black students' language and literacy needs and found…
Inspiring First-Generation Students Through Literature
August 1, 2017
Yomaira Figueroa Assistant Professor of Global African Diaspora StudiesDepartment of English Raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, the daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants, Yomaira Figueroa thought college was…
Tamara Butler Receives Promising Researcher Award
June 27, 2016
Tamara Butler, Assistant Professor in the Department of English and African American and African Studies Program, has been selected to receive the 2016 Promising Researcher…