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Department of African American Studies

Department of African American Studies

Yaayaa Hunt

New award memorializes beloved Penn State alumna, teacher, friend

Dr. Tera Hunter, Edwards Professor of American History at Princeton University

'Women’s Rights and the Post-Civil War World' public talk, workshop Sept. 20-21

African American & African Diaspora Life & Culture Cluster Hire

African American and African Diaspora Life and Culture - Faculty Cluster Hire

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Vee Bravo to visit Penn State on April 3

Loperena head shot

Sawyer Seminar Series brings Christopher Loperena to Penn State

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Events to promote democracy in Brazil

Herman Bennett

Noted scholar on the African diaspora to visit Penn State on Feb. 21

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Lisa Cacho to speak at Penn State on Jan. 31

G. Reid Andrews

Distinguished Latin American scholar to visit Penn State

Deborah Thomas (Sawyer Seminar)

Sawyer Seminar Series to host free screening of 'Four Days in May' on Sept. 19

Ethics of Policing

Series of public lectures, community discussions to examine ethics of policing

Crystal Sanders

Crystal Sanders named director of the Africana Research Center

Students from the 2017 Emerging Scholars Summer Mentor Program

Richards Center to host Emerging Scholars Summer Mentor Program

Brian Davis - Old Main bell tower fall 2017

Life-changing text alert puts Penn State student on path to success

David Leonard

Sawyer Seminar Series brings David J. Leonard to campus March 26

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