Alumni

Andrianna Campbell-LaFleur

PhD in Art History from The Graduate and University Center of the City University of New York, 2020

B.A in Africana Studies at the University of Cincinnati. jub then obtained a Master of Arts Degree in African American Studies from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Ph. D. 2022 (African American Studies/ American Studies), Yale University

Erich Kessel

B.A. in History of Art from the University of Pennsylvania

Rachel Laryea

B.A., summa cum laude, in Social and Cultural Analysis from New York University, 2016

Michelle Johnson

Alycia Hall

M.A., History, City College of New York (CUNY); B.A., History, City College of New York (CUNY)

Clara Hawken

cum laude from Princeton University in 2015 with a B.A. in English and a certificate in African American Studies Ph. D. 2022 (African American Studies/ American Studies), Yale University

Da'Von Boyd

Stephane Andrade

Amanda Joyce Hall

Master’s Degrees in International and World History, Columbia University and the London School of Economics Ph. D. 2022 (History/ African American Studies), Yale University

Bianca Dang

B.A., History, conferred with Departmental Honors and Distinction, Stanford University, 2013 Ph. D. 2021 (History/ African American Studies), Yale University

Shayne McGregor

M.A., English, Brooklyn College (CUNY); B.A. English, Brooklyn College (CUNY) Ph. D. 2022 (English Language & Literature/African American Studies), Yale University

Alexandra Thomas

African & Afro-American Studies and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies with highest honors, Brandeis University

Camille Owens

B.A. summa cum laude, History and Literature and the Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard College, 2013 Ph. D. 2020 (African American Studies/ American Studies), Yale University

Gwen Prowse

Political Science and African American Studies; B.A. Urban Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University 2011 Ph. D. 2022 (African American Studies/ Political Science), Yale University

Ambre Dromgoole

B.A. Oberlin College and Conservatory ‘15; M.A.R. Yale Divinity School and Institute of Sacred Music ’17

Anna Duensing

Summa cum laude with a B.A. in History with a concentration in Public History and Documentary Studies, Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University Ph. D. 2022 (African American Studies/History), Yale University

Thuto Thipe

B.A., Macalester College; MSocSci., University of Cape Town Ph. D. 2020 (History/African American Studies), Yale University

Cera Smith

B.A. in English Literature and B.A. in Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)

Demar F. Lewis IV

B.A., International Business, cum laude, University of St. Thomas M.P.P., Public Policy, University of Michigan

William Glasspiegel

American Studies / African American Studies, May 2017

Alexia Williams

Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, Spelman College (2012) Ph. D. 2020 (American Studies/ African American Studies), Yale University

Lauren Pearlman

B.A., African American Studies with honors, Wesleyan University (2004) Ph. D. 2013 (African American Studies/American Studies), Yale University

Fadila Habchi

B.A., English with a minor in French literature, summa cum laude, CUNY School at the City College of New York (2011)

Nicholas Forster

B.S., Film and Television, Boston University’s College of Communication (2011); African American Studies and Film & Media Studies, Ph.D, Yale University, 2019.

Jennifer Leath

Ph.D. 2013 (Religious Studies/ African American Studies), Yale University

La Marr Bruce

Ph.D., 2013 (American Studies/ African American Studies), Yale University

Nicole Ivy

2013 Ph.D. (American Studies/ African American Studies), Yale University

Department of African American Studies