Kingfisher: African American and Black Diasporic Studies

Program Director: Amy Wendling, Ph.D., Associate Dean College of Arts and Sciences

Kingfisher Concentration - African American and Black Diasporic Studies requirements (9 Credits):

Choose any 9 credits from the list below:9
Politics of Africa
Christianity in Africa
Seminar In Film Studies: Africa And African American
Nationalist Movements in Colonial Africa
Southern Africa: The Politics Of Race
Minority Politics in America
Jazz in American Culture
African-American Literature
Global Citizenship
(De)Colonizing Bodies
Public Health and Social Justice in Haiti
Encountering Africa: Experiencing our Shared Humanity
The Urban Social System
Race and Justice
Christianity in Africa
The African-American Experience
Equality, Minorities, and Public Policy
Black History Through Literature
Origins of Modern Africa
Society And Belief Systems In Africa
Introduction To African Literature
Seminar in Black Studies
Literature Of Francophone Africa
Cross-Cultural Issues in Psychology
Race In America: Idea And Reality
Women and Gender in Africa
History of West Africa
Southern Africa: The Politics Of Race
Directed Independent Readings
Directed Independent Research
The Rwanda Genocide as a Challenge for the Church
Being Color Brave: Race, Privilege, Oppression, and Justice
Introduction To African Literature
Globalization and Leadership in Africa
Conquest, Piracy, and Slavery: A History of the Atlantic
Medicine in Africa and the African Diaspora
Puerto Rico and the U.S.: Citizenship, Colonialism, and Cultural Nationalism
Conquest, Slavery and Piracy in the Atlantic World, 1492-1825
Theorizing Hip Hop Music and Culture
Slavery and Freedom
The Carceral State: Police Violence, Adjudication, and Mass Incarceration
Cuba and the U.S.: Revolution and Restitution
Crime, Victimization and Public Health
Total Credits9