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Indiana University
Department of Afro-American Studies
Degrees Awarded: MA, PhD minor
Afro-American Studies, as we have developed it from the founding of the department in 1970, is an interdisciplinary field. We encourage all students, junior scholars, and faculty members to apply their unique focus from the traditionally separate humanities and social sciences disciplines: history, literature, drama, folklore, dance, the fine arts, and political science. Additionally, the scholars and course work within the department explore the social and political problems faced by all minorities, and by women.
The department has grown to 80 majors and 14 minors with a total of over 1000 students in our classes each semester. Our majors have been highly successful in competing for scholarships, internships, and job placement. A department Honors program was established in 1994. A Master’s Degree in Afro-American Studies was formally approved in the winter of 1997. There are 8 students now enrolled in this program. The department also offers a Ph.D. minor with a concentration in the same areas as our undergraduate major.
Afro-American Studies Faculty
ALEX-ASSENSOH, Yvette (Ph.D., The Ohio State Univ.) Adjunct Professor
ASSENOH, A.B. (Ph.D., New York Univ.) Associate Professor
BAKER, David (M.M.Ed., Indiana Univ.) Adjunct Professor
BANFIELD, William (Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Adjunct Professor
CALLOWAY-THOMAS, Carolyn (Ph.D., Indiana Univ.) Adjunct Professor
COOPER, Tyron; Lecturer
GRIM, Valerie (Ph.D., Iowa State Univ.) Associate Professor
HUDSON, Herman C. (Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan) Professor Emeritus
JULIEN, Eileen (Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison) Adjunct Professor
KLOTMAN, Phyllis R. (Ph.D., Case Western Reserve Univ.) Professor Emeritus
McCLUSKEY, Audrey Thomas (Ph.D., Indiana Univ.) Associate Professor.
McCLUSKEY, John, Jr. (M.A., Stanford Univ.) Chairperson and Professor
McELROY, Frederick (Ph.D., Indiana Univ.) Associate Professor
MITCHELL, Carolyn (Ph.D. Boston College) Adjunct Professor
MOTLEY, Frank (J.D., Columbia Univ.) Adjunct Professor
MUMFORD, James (Ph.D., Indiana Univ.) Lecturer
ROME, Dennis M. (Ph.D. Washington State Univ.) Assistant Professor
ROSA, Iris (M.S., Indiana Univ.) Associate Professor, Director of the Afro-American Dance Company
SAILES, Gary (Ph.D., Univ. of Minnesota) Adjunct Professor
SYKES, Charles (D.M.E. Indiana Univ.) Lecturer
TAYLOR, William (MS, Indiana Univ.) Lecturer
WIGGINS, William H. Jr. (Ph.D., Indiana Univ.) Professor
Contact
Department of Afro-American Studies
Memorial Hall M37
Indiana University
1021 E. Third St.
Bloomington IN 47405
Tel (812) 855-3874
E-mail:
www.indiana.edu/~afroamer/afroamer-home.html
Chair/Director: William H. Wiggins, Jr.
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