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…
First MSU Students to Earn BA Degrees in African American and African Studies Graduate This Spring
April 19, 2024
Michigan State University’s Spring 2024 commencement will see the very first students to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in African American and African Studies. As…
African American and African Studies / Arts MSU / Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Exhibition / Faculty / News / Research / Scholarship
Afrofuturism & Quilting Exhibition: Exploring Connections Within Teaching, Learning, and Quilt Praxis
April 17, 2024
Stitch by stitch, quilt making has played an integral role in African American history. But the storytelling embedded in the quilts themselves is more than mere tradition. In the Afrofuturism & Quilts: Materializing Black Futures & Black Womxn’s Quilt Legacies Exhibition now on display through Friday, July 19, at the MSU Union Art Gallery, local and national quilt artists and quilt scholars explore embodied and theoretical connections between Afrofuturism and quilt making.
Beats & Hustle
April 3, 2024
On Saturday, April 6, 2024 come join the Department of African American and African Studies from 1:00-3:00pm for Beats and Hustle! We will have Wax…
African American and African Studies / Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / News / Research / Student / Student
Researching the Role of Community for Black Students at Predominately White Institutions
March 4, 2024
Evamelo (Eva) Oleita, who is among the inaugural class of students majoring in African American and African Studies (AAAS) at Michigan State University, is researching the experiences of Black girls within predominately white institutions (PWIs) and how those students carve out spaces for themselves to thrive.
Dr. J. Drew Lanham to Present Signature Lecture, ‘Birding While Black,’ on March 12
February 26, 2024
The College of Arts & Letters is pleased to host MacArthur Fellow and acclaimed scholar, author, poet, and wildlife biologist Dr. J. Drew Lanham as…
2022 and 2023 MSU Outstanding New Academic Advisors
February 22, 2024
Yvonne: Once upon a time an email came through for University Advising Awards. I forwarded it to Chamara and wrote, “I don’t really care for…
Several College of Arts & Letters Projects Supported by HARP Grants
December 13, 2023
Twelve College of Arts & Letters faculty members currently are working on projects supported by 2023 Humanities and Arts Research Program (HARP) Grants. The projects…
50th Anniversary of Hip-Hop
November 16, 2023
UPLIFTING VOICES, EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES Join our very own Dr. Ruth Nicole Brown with the School of Journalism for a discussion surrounding the power, prominence and…
Activating Wellness Week 2023
October 12, 2023
The Department of African American and African Studies is excited to bring back Activating Wellness Week - an initiative created in 2022 by AAAS advisors.…
AAHD / African American and African Studies / English / Faculty / Linguistics / Religious Studies / Staff / Theatre
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.
The Return of the AAAS Chair Walk
September 11, 2023
Calling all AAAS Majors and Minors! You are invited to meet with the Chair of African American and African Studies, Dr. Ruth Nicole Brown, for…