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Left to Right Associate Professor David Embrick,, Assoc. Professor Shayla Nunnally, Professor Martha Cutter, Assoc. Professor Shawn Salvant and Professor Davita Glasberg at the Mark Twain House
President Katsouleas, Pulitzer Prize author Colson Whitehead and Institute Director Melina Pappademos
Shayla Nunnally, associate professor of political science and Africana Studies meets with students during her office hours at Oak Hall (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
What is Africana Studies?
The primary mission of the Africana Studies Institute (formerly the Institute for African American Studies) is to enlighten and inform the University of Connecticut community and the people of the State of Connecticut, nation and the world about the history, culture, contributions and experiences of people of African descent in the United States and abroad. To achieve this goal, the ASI promotes high quality research, scholarship and teaching of the African American experience and sponsors a wide variety of programs on topics and issues that are critical to Black America and pertinent to a better understanding of the Black World.
Why Major in Africana Studies?
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