Department of African American Studies

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• About African American Studies (AAS) | Department of African American Studies

  This academic unit has grown from a program to a Center, to a department. Today the department holds many of the most prolific and notable African American Studies scholars in the world.

• Welcome to the Home of African American Studies | Department of African American Studies

  Continuing The Legacy The Department of African American Studies (AAS) is the intellectual home for the academic exploration in African American Culture and Life, Race and Public Policy, and Global Ra...

• All Courses & Approved Cognates | Department of African American Studies

  AAS 212 / ENG 212 What's so funny? is a question that could be turned around to ask: Who's laughing? Comedian Dave Chappelle might say it's a question about who...

• Core Faculty | Department of African American Studies

  Our Core Faculty Associated Faculty Faculty Emeritus Fellows

• Undergraduate Program | Department of African American Studies

  The Department of African American Studies offers both an Undergraduate Major and an Undergraduate Certificate that expand and deepen a students understanding of race in the United States and in the w...

• Spring 2022 Courses | Department of African American Studies

  MUS 262 / AAS 262 This course will examine the musical, historical, and cultural aspects of jazz throughout its entire history, looking at the 20th century as t...