Toni Landis, Senior Student Services Examiner for the Departments of African Cultural Studies and Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, has received a College of Letters and Science Academic Advising award. Read about her nomination. …
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Dr. Marissa Moorman Joins ACS in Fall 2021
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Marissa Moorman will join the department in Fall 2021 as Full Professor with tenure. Currently Professor of History and Media Studies at Indiana University, Moorman has a national …
Kevin Wamalwa Supports Racial Equity Training for DCLS
Kevin Wamalwa, a PhD candidate in the Departments of Anthropology and African Cultural Studies, is serving as a Ripple Project Fellow at Dane County Library Services (DCLS). Wamalwa is supporting racial equity training for DCLS …
Angeline Peterson Recognized for Transfer Acts of Kindness
PhD student Angeline Peterson was recognized as a Transfer Champion during National Transfer Student Week. The student who nominated Angeline wrote: “Whether Angeline has known about my being a transfer student or not, I wanted …
Alum Kazeem Sanuth Named Associate Director of NALRC
The National African Language Resource Center (NALRC) has selected alumni Dr. Kazeem Sanuth to be Associate Director. Sanuth earned his M.A. in African Languages and Literature in 2012 and went on to complete his Ph.D. …
Sami Lamine Honors Dr. Tejumola Olaniyan
Ph.D. student Sami Lamine has created a song in tribute to his former advisor, Dr. Tejumola Olaniyan, who passed away unexpectedly last fall. The piece is titled, “The Merchant of Venus: The Ancestor”
Jacqueline Mougoué’s Book Reviewed in Washington Post
The Washington Post‘s Monkey Cage is featuring an “African Politics Reading Spectacular” which offers a review of Gender, Separatist Politics, and Embodied Nationalism in Cameroon,” by African Cultural Studies Assistant Professor Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué. Read …
Ainehi Edoro’s Brittle Paper Featured
Letters and Science magazine recently featured a piece on Dr. Ainehi Edoro‘s Brittle Paper. Read the full article: “Africa Writ Large” by Louisa Kamps
Incoming Graduate Student Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell Launches Research Project
Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell, slated to begin graduate work with the department in fall, has launched a research project titled, #MeTooSport & Beyond. The project “grew from the belief that the structures, values, and norms that enable …
Matthew Brown Publishes in Journal of African Cultural Studies
Dr. Matthew H. Brown has published his article, “Kèlání and the Question of Sovereign Cinema” in the Journal of African Cultural Studies.