Welcome! The Department of African-American Studies was founded in 1994.  African-American Studies offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of African people nationally and globally.  It offers critical attention to the various dynamics of human reality, including race, that affect the lives of African people worldwide.  As an interdisciplinary field of concentration, it offers critiques of knowledge presented in traditional disciplines and professions, scholarly and artistic accounts of realities of the lives of African-Americans, and perspectives on social change.  The Department of African-American Studies provides students with the intellectual origins, concepts, research, tools and models of the disciplines.  The Department also provides the knowledge and skills necessary for the study of group cultures, and a curriculum that contributes to the goals of multicultural education.  Faculty and courses are drawn from the department itself and from other departments, schools, and institutes within the university. We appreciate your interest. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of service. Charles E.Jones, Ph.D. Founding Chair and Associate Professor