1. Black Studies Minor

Black Studies Minor

The Black Studies Minor prepares students of all backgrounds to discover, research, and demonstrate familiarity with a broad range of aspects of black culture from a local, national, and global perspective. The program enhances students’ critical reading, thinking, and writing skills when analyzing black-related themes and issues in order to become competent scholars of black culture. Our objective is to promote an ethos of civic engagement that enables students to apply their knowledge and competences to the benefit of our local and global communities.

Minors in Black studies enter a global workforce in a variety of careers including: law, business, education, medicine, international affairs, government agencies, non-governmental agencies, journalism, cultural anthropology, and history, just to name a few. Minors develop transferable skills like decolonized leadership, enhanced ethical awareness, creativity in problem solving, cultural understanding, analytical reasoning, teamwork and relationship building, effective persuasion, and many more. 

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Elena Deanda-Camacho, Director of the Black Studies Minor, Professor of Hispanic Studies

Jennifer Benson, Associate Professor of Philosophy

Richard De Prospo, Ernest A. Howard Professor of English and American Studies, Director of American Studies Major

Rachel Durso, Associate Professor of Sociology and Black Studies, Director of the Justice, Law and Society Minor, Chair of the Department of Sociology

Carrie Reiling, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Faculty Advisor to the Model United Nations Program

Ken Schweitzer, Associate Professor of Music, Associate Chair of the Department of Music, Assistant Dean for Marketing and Communication

Emily Steinmetz, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Co-Director of the Cromwell Center for Teaching and Learning

Christine Wade, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Louis L. Goldstein Chair of Public Affairs, Director of the Latin American Studies Minor, Chair of the Department of Political Science

Carol Wilson, Arthur A. and Elizabeth R. Knapp Professor of American History