Stories tagged with: Department of African American Studies

This photo was taken in Pittsburgh, PA, in January 1940 by Jack Delano and is provided courtesy of the Farm Security Administration.

Community invited to Black Life in the Ohio Valley Conference on Sept. 9-10

Scholars and community members will delve into four centuries of Black history and heritage at the Black Life in the Ohio Valley Conference.

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25 Arts and Sciences faculty promoted, 15 granted tenure

The Ohio University Board of Trustees voted in June to award promotion to 25 College of Arts and Sciences faculty member

Wilson Hall

22 College of Arts and Sciences professors awarded faculty fellowship during 2022-23

The Ohio University Board of Trustees has approved 22 College of Arts and Sciences faculty members for faculty fellowship leave during the 2022-23 academic year.

James Barnes

University community mourns Political Science Professor, Afro-American Studies co-founder James Barnes

The Ohio University community mourns Professor James Franklin Barnes, who passed away at the age of 87 in Albuquerque, N.M., on March 2.

Humanities in the Park art installation

Humanities in the Park debuts by showcasing Southeast Ohio women from past to present

Educators, authors and artists are just a few of the people from Southeast Ohio's past and present who will appear on new Humanities in the Park display panels at Richland Avenue Park.

Harriet Washington

Medical ethicist Washington to speak for Ted Rose Lecture Series

The Spring 2022 Ted Rose Lecture Series kicks off with a talk by Harriet Washington Feb. 17, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Washington’s talk will be titled Environmental Racism in the Age of COVID-19.

OHIO sundial

Summer 2022: Center for Law, Justice and Culture offers law-related courses online

The Center for Law, Justice and Culture offers law-related online graduate courses for summer 2022.

Matthew Ward

Matthew Ward studies law and justice, puts degree to work as an OHIO civil rights investigator

Ohio University alumnus Matthew Ward was drawn to the M.A. in Law, Justice & Culture program as a way to learn more about social justice issues following the murder of George Floyd.

A graphic for the 'Race, Violence and Justice: An Examination and Discussion of the Arbery & Rittenhouse Verdicts' event on Feb. 15

Law Center hosts 'Race, Violence and Justice: An Examination and Discussion of the Arbery and Rittenhouse Verdicts' on Feb. 15

The Center for Law, Justice and Culture hosts a livestream event to discuss "Race, Violence and Justice: An Examination and Discussion of the Arbery & Rittenhouse Verdicts" at 7 p.m. on Feb. 15.

Dr. Katherine  Jellison

Contemporary History Institute to host conversation on voting rights on Feb. 10

The Contemporary History Institute will host a conversation on voting rights in the United States with Ohio University historians Katherine Jellison and Kim Little on Thursday, Feb. 10.

Olayemi Olurin

Alumni News | A movement lawyer, Olayemi Olurin speaks out about incarceration, public policy

Ohio University alumna Olayemi Olurin is a public defender at the Legal Aid Society and a lawyer in New York City.

Dr. Cedric Johnson

Ted Rose lecture series to present Power of Black Lives Matter: American Liberalism and Inequality After Floyd

The African American Studies Department will present the second Ted Rose Lecture Series, featuring a talk on "The Power of Black Lives Matter: American Liberalism and Inequality After George Floyd."

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MDIA alum takes on issues of Black queer identity in culture

Kim M Reynolds (she/they), Media and Social Change alum '17, spent her time at Ohio University in student politics and the arts....

Dr. Francine Childs, HON ’97, EMERT ’05, addresses the crowd at an Aug. 28, 2013, event held at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Scholarship honors professor emerita who inspired students to ‘be the change they wish to see’

A new scholarship at Ohio University is paving the way for students to continue the legacy of Professor Emerita Dr. Francine Childs, the first Black professor to be granted tenure at OHIO.

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Notable Alumni | LeKeisha Grant Embodies Entrepreneurship, Empowers Young Women

Lekeisha Grant is an entrepreneur. She started her first business in 2012, Ambition Magazine. Transformers Fitness and Ambitious and Annoyed would follow.

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