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Kudos! Faculty News
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded Dr. Walter Rucker a grant to support a Sawyer Seminar on the Comparative Study of Cultures entitled “Visions of Slavery: Histories, Memories, and Mobilizations of Unfreedom in the Black Atlantic".
We're Hiring!
The Department of African American Studies invites applications for an open-rank tenured or tenure-track position in African American Studies with a focus on race and education.
AAS Faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Two African American Studies professors have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Congratulations!
AAS Student Kassie Sarkar receives Rudolph P. Byrd Scholarship.
Andrew Carnegie Fellowship Recipient
Emory historian Kali Gross named a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow.
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Our Mission
Dedicated to the histories, cultures, and political movements of black communities across the United States and the wider African diaspora, African American Studies at Emory University pursues academic excellence and social responsibility through interdisciplinary scholarship transformational pedagogy, and engagement with local, national, and international communities of African descent.
What's Going on in AAS
Latest Faculty Book Release
In this analysis of social history, Dianne Stewart, associate professor of Religion and African American Studies, examines the complex lineage of America’s oppression of Black companionship.
Mellow Mays Fellowship
Administered by the Department of African American Studies, the MMUF Program also creates opportunities for undergraduates to undertake research projects with Emory faculty members.