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University of Iowa
African American World Studies Program
Degrees Awarded: MA, PhD (American Studies with African-American concentration)
The African American World Studies Program focuses on the study of people of the African diaspora, particularly in the United States, and on the peoples of Africa. The program is interdisciplinary, drawing cooperating faculty from American studies, anthropology, art, education, English, French, geography, history, political science, Spanish and Portuguese, sociology, and women’s studies.
Because a thorough understanding of African American and African cultures cannot be achieved through study restricted to the perspective of a single discipline, all students in the program are required to pursue courses in both humanities and social sciences. The African American World Studies Program continually expands its perspectives by developing or cross-listing courses that fuse the knowledge drawn from many disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.
The program originated in 1969 through courses intended to foster awareness of African Americans’ role in the development of the United States; those courses also were designed to promote understanding of the conditions and concerns of African Americans. Since then, the courses have been organized into a curriculum that includes a program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in African American world studies, an undergraduate minor in African American studies, a Master of Arts in African American studies, and concentrations of African American studies in programs leading to a B.A., MA, or Ph.D. in American studies. Students seeking the Ph.D. in English or history also can organize courses in African American literature or African American history into a special field or cognate area.
African American World Studies Faculty
CRICHLOW, Michaeline; Assistant Professor of African American World Studies
GIBLIN, James; Associate Professor of History/African American World Studies
JEFFERSON, Robert; Assistant Professor of History/ African American World Studies
MacCANN, Donnarae; Visiting Professor of African American World Studies
McPHERSON, James; Visiting Professor of Writer’s Workshop/African American World Studies
NAZARETH, Peter; Professor of English/African American World Studies
PIERCE, Harriette M.; Visiting Professor of Drama/ African American World Studies
ROBERTS, Allen; Professor of Anthropology/African American World Studies
WOODARD, Fredrick; Associate Professor of English/African American World Studies
Contact
African American World Studies Program
436 English-Philosphy Building
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-335-0317
Fax: 319-335-0319
www.uiowa.edu/~afriam/
Chair: Horace Porter
Admissions
University of Iowa
Graduate Admissions
Office of Admissions
107 Calvin Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242
1-800-553-IOWA or
319-335-3847
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http://www.uiowa.edu/admissions/graduate/
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