Meet and Greet AAAS Minors + Graduate Students
September 16, 2020
Friday, September 25, 2020 10:00 am - 11:00 am. Join us for a virtual check in with current AAAS faculty, staff and students! We hope…
Welcome AAAS Minors
September 2, 2020
Dear AAAS Minors, Welcome to the new Department of African American and African Studies (AAAS) at Michigan State University! We are Dr. Ruth Nicole Brown, the Inaugural Chair, and Dr.…
Inaugural Chairperson Appointed for Department of African American and African Studies
May 15, 2020
Ruth Nicole Brown has been appointed as the Inaugural Chairperson for the Department of African American and African Studies (AAAS) at Michigan State University, effective July 1, 2020.…
Kristie Dotson Appointed Interim Chair of AAAS Program
June 17, 2019
Professor Kristie Dotson has been appointed Interim Chair of the African American and African Studies (AAAS) program, effective July 1, 2019. Since 2008, Dotson has…
New Department of African American and African Studies Approved
February 15, 2019
The Michigan State University Board of Trustees has approved the establishment of a Department of African American and African Studies, which will be part of…
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…
Fellowship to Further Understanding of African Diaspora
March 24, 2017
Tara Mock, a doctoral candidate in African and African American Studies, was recently awarded the 2017 TIAA Ruth Simms Hamilton Graduate Merit Fellowship at MSU. “Ruth…
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…
After The Dream: Students Create PSAs on Race Issues
March 14, 2016
In March, the College of Arts & Letters introduced a one-credit class taught by Professor Tacuma Peters and open to all majors, “After the Dream:…
Joyce-Zoe Farley Recognized with All-University Excellence in Diversity Award
March 1, 2016
A College of Arts & Letters student was recognized for exhibiting diversity and inclusion in extraordinary ways as a recipient of one of the 2016…