Undergraduate major Olivia Ligman has been awarded a $1000 scholarship made available to Letters & Science students for the 2022-23 academic year. There were 680 applicants for 175 scholarships.
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The Ubuntu Approach
Undergraduate Sheriff Issaka’s experience as an Undergraduate Research Scholar partnered with Reginold Royston was first featured back in October of 2021. However, a recent edition of the Letters & Science magazine reprinted the article. Enjoy …
Max Bobholz Presents Senior Thesis Research
Graduating senior and African Cultural Studies major Max Bobholz presented his thesis research titled, “Against the Classification of Sheng: Why Sheng does not fit Segregationist Linguistics” on Tuesday, May 10. Bobholz worked with Professor Katrina …
Alumna Carmen McCain Takes Position with University of London
PhD alumna Carmen McCain (’14) has announced that they have accepted an offer in the African Languages, Cultures, and Literatures section of the School of Languages, Cultures, and Linguistics at SOAS, University of London. The …
Graduate Students Earn Awards
A number of African Cultural Studies PhD graduate students have earned scholarships recently. Michael Oshindoro won the inaugural Tejumola Olaniyan International Student Travel Award. Omotola Okunlola won the IRIS Graduate Student Summer Fieldwork Award and …
Vincent Ogoti Earns African Studies Research Award
PhD student Vincent Ogoti has earned an African Studies Research Award intended to support graduate student research or creative/artistic endeavors related to the study of Africa and the diaspora. Ogoti will utilize the financial support …
Jibril Gabid Earns William A. Brown Research Award
PhD student Jibril Gabid has earned the William A. Brown Research Award made possible through UW’s African Studies Program. New this year, the award is intended to support research on Islam or West African history. …
Vincent Ogoti Earns Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship
PhD student Vincent Ogoti has been awarded a Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship. For academic year 2022-23, Ogoti will work for MYArts (Madison Youth Arts Center) as the Storytelling and Community Access Fellow. Each year the …
Rachel Maina Awarded Language Institute Grant
Graduate student Rachel Maina has been awarded a Language Institute Grant to Support Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning. The award will enable her to attend “Transforming the Teaching of Language Online,” a summer workshop …
Adeola Agoke Awarded Language Institute Grant
Adeola Agoke has been awarded a Language Institute Grant to Support Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning. The award will enable her to develop a “Dictionary of African Language Pedagogy,” which will provide proficiency-based and …