"New Development in Africana Studies"
“New Developments in Africana Studies” was the first event presented by the AAAS Program in collaboration with the Modern Languages Department. The flyer you see here was a preliminary flyer created by Dr. Keita’s son and was later renamed “Trends in Africana Studies” before the event took place. Dr. Babacar M’Baye, a professor of Pan-African Studies and English Department at Kent university, was also an Ursinus alum who remained close with retired French professor Dr. Novack. Mrs. Patton from Multicultural Services graciously allowed the event to be held in Unity House on November 29, 2012. Unity House has since been demolished to create space for the Ursinus Commons and is now known as the Institute for Inclusion and Equity in the lower lever of the Wismer Center.
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The first AAAS speaker at Ursinus college was alum Babacar M'Baye: a professor of Pan-African Studies and English Department and Kent University
“The Wave of the Future: New Directions in Digital Production and Music Scholarship”
In collaboration with the History and Music department, the AAAS program helped create the Riding the Wave, Creating the Vibe Series. This three-event series is connected to MUS/HIST-203 The Expense of Musical Appropriation and the Dividends of Collaboration which studies the local musical cultures in Africa, The Caribbean, and the United states and questions the appropriation, adaptation and commercialization of this music around the globe. “The Wave of the Future: New Directions in Digital Production and Music Scholarship” invited three seniors, Tori Kroha, Jackie Ramsay and Codi Yhap, to share their research in Wismer’s Faculty Staff Dining room October 21, 2019. All of the guest panelist majored in music while also majoring in Business, Politics and Biology respectively.
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The senior panelist, Tori Kroha, Jackie Ramsey and Codi Yhap are guest panelist for the Riding the Wave, Creating the Vibe Series at Ursinus College.
"Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice" Film Flyer
“Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice” was a film screening one presented by the African American Africana Studies on March 13, 2012 in Pfahler Auditorium. This was a transitional time for the program as the most recent coordinator of the program, Dr. Walter Greason, recently left and the Dr. Nzadi Keita assumed the role. The film focused on Ida B. Well, a female investigative journalist who documented and exposed the horrors of lynching in the south in the 1890s and was one of the founders of the NAACP. Following the film, a discussion of Wells extensive activism including women’s rights and suffrage was held. This was one of the firsts events held by the program.
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Ida B. Wells film screening presented by the AAAS program at Ursinus College.
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Professor in History Department and in the AAAS program.
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AMST-200: Issues in American Studies
Growth of the African American and Africana Studies Program at Ursinus College
Issues in American Studies (AMST-200) is an American Studies course offered as an elective of the African American and Africana Studies (AAAS) Program minor. The course is an introduction to American Studies aiming to engage students in the examination of a theme or question surrounding American society and culture. Topics vary according to the instructor but explore through readings, different disciplines.
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Growth of the African American and Africana Studies Program at Ursinus College
Dr. Jasmine Harris (middle) is pictured in the Ursinus College Ruby Yearbook of 2017. Dr. Harris is an Assistant Professor of African American and Africana Studies, Anthropology and Sociology. Dr. Harris specializes in teaching African American Experience, Contemporary Social Issues, Research Methods, Sex and Gender, and Race and Ethnic Relations. Currently, she is the professor of SOC-255 (Race and Ethnic Relations), a four-credit, elective course of the AAAS minor. The course inspects relations between racial and ethnic groups and the consequences of their positions.
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Growth of the African American and Africana Studies Program at Ursinus College
Dr. Patricia Lott (second to left top row) is pictured in the Ursinus College Ruby Yearbook of 2017. Dr. Lott is an Assistant Professor of American Studies, African American and Africana Studies, and English at Ursinus. Dr. Lott specializes in teaching Afrofuturism, Black Atlas, Death and the Black Subject, Issues in African American and Africana Studies and Race and the University. Currently, she is the professor of AAAS-200 (Issues in African American and Africana Studies), a four-credit, required course of the AAAS minor. The course is a discussion-oriented introductory seminar for the program. The course is constructed to examine African-American and Diasporic experiences and cover the history, roles, and contributions of various disciplines.
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Dr. Lynne Edwards
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Photograph from Ursinus College website of Dr. Lynne Edwards, a distinguished Media and Communications Studies professor.
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HEP-360: Health in the City
Health in the City (HEP-360) is a course taught in the Philadelphia Experience program.
Health in the City (HEP-360) is a course taught in the Philadelphia Experience program. The intention of the course is to study how health problems and processes interact. The location of the course is intentional, Philadelphia has a diverse population with an array of health needs. Public health practitioners from health organizations within Philadelphia participate in class meetings to provide insight on health issues that affect the communities they serve. Through the reading assignments and class discussions students will connect theoretical frameworks on global health of practical health problems in Philadelphia. Students will conduct their own case study research of Philadelphia examining the relations between illness, social inequality, and the social body.
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Ursinus College Health in the City Course
Issues in African American and Africana Studies
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The introduction course to African American and Africana Studies is the core requirement for the AAAS minor. This course is currently taught by Dr. Patricia Lott and is offered approximately every two years. Students in the course read a variety of text highlighting views of African history and present day African experience, and also do a digital project on Ursinus African history.
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