Africana Studies Minor

Africana Studies Program Faculty

Professor Patrick Bernard, Chair (Fall 2025)

Professor Douglas Anthony, Chair (Spring 2026)
 

Members of the Africana Studies Program Committee

Douglas A. Anthony
Professor of History

Giovanna Faleschini Lerner
Professor of Italian

Patrick Bernard
Associate Professor of English

Nadra Hebouche
Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies

Ashley Rondini
Associate Professor of Sociology

Mark Villegas
Associate Professor of American Studies

Quincy Amoah
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Christine Chalifoux
Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Africana Studies

Gregory Kaliss
Assistant Professor of History

Adeem Suhail
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Additional faculty not on the program committee also contribute to this program.

Minor Requirements:

A minor in Africana Studies consists of six courses:

• AFS 150 - Introduction to African American Studies Credits: 1

• OR

• AMS 150 - Introduction to African American Studies Credits: 1

• OR

• AFS 149 - Africa and the Black World Credits: 1

• OR

• HIS 149 - Africa and the Black World: Concepts and Context Credits: 1

•  

• AFS 141 - History of North & West Africa Credits: 1

• OR

• HIS 141 - History of North and West Africa Credits: 1

• OR

• HIS 142 - History of East and Southern Africa Credits: 1

•  

• AFS 233 - African-American History Credits: 1

• OR

• HIS 233 - African-American History Credits: 1

Note:

For further information, students should consult the Africana Studies Program Chair.

Off Campus Study:

Africana Studies students have studied abroad with the following programs in recent years: Arcadia University in Senegal; IES and SIT in South Africa; CET and SIT in Tunisia; CET and SIT in Morocco; SIT in Kenya; and VCU in Barbados. See the International Programs section of the Catalog for further information.

A list of regularly offered courses follows.