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…
Faculty Voices: Glenn Chambers, Jr., Director, African American and African Studies
February 16, 2016
Dr. Glenn Chambers, Jr., Associate Professor of History, serves as Director of African American and African Studies (AAAS) in the College of Arts & Letters…