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Lee Roy B. Giles

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Congratulations, 2022 Giles Award Winners!

The Institute for African American Studies is proud to announce the winners of the 2022 Lee Roy B. Giles Encouragement Award, established in 2010 by his wife, Dr. Freda Scott Giles, Professor Emerita in the Institute.

Carolyn Jones Medine

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Carolyn Jones Medine Appointed as the First All Shall Be Well Professor in Religion

Congratulations to Dr. Carolyn Jones Medine, Director of the IAAS, who has been appointed as the inaugural All Shall Be Well Professor in Religion.

Sha'Mira Covington

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

AFAM Graduate Certificate Student Spotlight: Sha’Mira Covington!

Sha'Mira Covington is a PhD candidate in the Department of Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors and the Institute for African American Studies, and she graduates in Spring 2023.

Penn Center National Historic Landmark

Thursday, February 24, 2022

NEW Course at the Penn Center: Land as Liberation in the African American Freedom Struggle

ENGL4960R: Land as Liberation in the African American Freedom Struggle

Sha'Mira Covington and Chera Jo Watts present on Hood Feminism at SHC 2022 in Memphis

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Celebrating Excellence in the Institute for African American Studies

As we celebrate Black History month (and Black excellence 24/7), the Institute for African American Studies extends congratulations to the follo

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