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Louise Bernard
May 31, 2017
After a long search to fill a key position, the Obama Foundation on Wednesday named a director for the Obama Presidential Center museum, Louise Bernard (GRD ‘05).   She was...
Wendell Adjetey
May 31, 2017
Wendell Adjetey (African American Studies / History PhD candidate) delivered an impassioned address at the prestigious Walrus Talks in Toronto in May 2017. His message, “...
Carolyn Roberts
May 29, 2017
Carolyn Roberts is an historian of early modern medicine.  Her research and teaching interests broadly concern medicine, race, and slavery in the Atlantic world.   Her...
Several 2017 PhD reciepients in African American Studies at Yale
May 22, 2017
We salute this year’s graduating class of the African American Studies Department that includes seven PhD recipients, six recipients of the baccalaureate degree, and...
Lucy Caplan
May 18, 2017
A feature article by PhD candidate Lucy Caplan, whose research explores the presence of African American culture in the traditionally white space of the theatrical genre of...
Erica James
May 4, 2017
Erica James, assistant professor of African American Studies and History of Art,  co-edited the new journal issue, Axe 52 (March 2017), whose theme is Art as Caribbean...
Jacqueline Goldsby
March 28, 2017
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) has appointed Jacqueline Goldsby CLIR Distinguished Presidential Fellow. Goldsby is professor of English and African...
Ed Rugemer
February 23, 2017
Ed Rugemer has been promoted to Associate Professor of History and African American Studies with tenure at Yale. He was formerly associate professor of History and African...
Elijah Anderson
February 2, 2017
Professor Elijah Anderson, African American Studies and Sociology, has won the Eastern Sociological Society’s Merit Award. The prestigious award for “distinguished scholars...
Uri McMillan
December 6, 2016
The Modern Language Association of America today announced it is awarding its fifteenth annual William Sanders Scarborough Prize to Uri McMillan, of the University of...
Lucy Caplan
October 25, 2016
Lucy Caplan, a PhD student in African American Studies and American Studies at Yale University, has been awarded the distinguished 2016 Stephen and Cynthia Rubin Institute...