Please join us Friday, October 22nd, 2021 @ 12:30 CDT for a webinar Q&A with UCLA Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. AJ Rice on his recent article, Political Economy and the Tradition of Radical Black Study. Free registration required to join via zoom. Click here to register… Continue Reading »
AADS 2021-22 Webinar Series | Fall 2021 Guest Speakers
Dr. Ermitte Saint Jacques receives 2021-22 Advancing Research and Creativity (ARC) Grant
UWM African and African Diaspora Studies Assistant Professor Ermitte Saint Jacques has been awarded the 2021 Advancing Research and Creativity (ARC) Grant by UWM’s Office of Research for her research proposal Living for the City: The Black Middle Class in … Continue Reading »
Assistant Professor Ermitte Saint Jacques receives the 2021 ARC Excellence Award!
We are pleased to announce that Assistant Professor Ermitte Saint Jacques received the 2021 ARC Excellence Award! The Accessibility Resource Center’s ARC Excellence Award recognizes instruction and other UWM staff members for their exemplary services to ARC students and staff. Congratulations to Dr. Saint Jacques and to all of the 2021-22 honorees who will receive their awards this fall. … Continue Reading »
Dr. Ermitte Saint Jacques appeared on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Assistant Professor Ermitte Saint Jacques joined Lake Effect’s Mallory Cheng today to discuss the contemporary history of migration from West Africa to southern Europe and how Giannis Antetokounpo and his family’s migration story resonates with many across the globe carrying multiple cultural identities.… Continue Reading »
Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s … Continue Reading »
Student Spotlight: Sophia Wood AADS Research Intern
AADS minor Sophia Wood had the opportunity to complete a virtual internship with Kai Gardner-Mishlove through Advocate Aurora Health during the Spring 2021 semester. Her internship involved research on how to set up independent businesses and a co-operative for refugees in Milwaukee. … Continue Reading »
Student Spotlight: AADS Majors, Gloria Jamerson and Olivia Dimmer, receive Michael Ross Scholarship
The Department of African and African Diaspora Studies is excited to announce that Gloria Jamerson and Olivia Dimmer have been awarded the 2021-22 Michael Ross Scholarship! Gloria is a senior at UWM, pursuing a major in African and African Diaspora … Continue Reading »
Student Spotlight: AADS Major, Olivia Dimmer, inducted into Phi Beta Kappa Class of 2021
The Department of African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS) would like to congratulate AADS major, Olivia Dimmer, on being inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Class of 2021! Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), is the national honors society for liberal arts and is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious undergraduate honors organizations. Each year, PBK recognizes students who have achieved academically and who have taken a breadth of classes, regardless of major. Membership is recognized across industries as a mark of excellence, breadth of knowledge, hard work, and leadership. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Olivia on her academic success and accomplishments! Click here to read her full PBK induction bio.… Continue Reading »
Webinar | Islands of Hope: Challenging School Cultures Through African Brazilian History and Culture
Join us this Friday, April 9th, 2021 @ 12:30 pm CST, for a special webinar Q&A with Thiago dos Santos Molina, PhD Student at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. His presentation will address the relevance of issues related to culture for Black children over the course of their schooling process and the changes in school culture instigated by the teaching of African and African Brazilian history and culture. Free & open to the public: Click here to register… Continue Reading »