African American Studies

Elon has launched a new Black History Month website to promote awareness, understanding and celebration of Black experiences on campus.

African and African American Studies at Elon and the Black History Month 2012 Steering Committee present a special pre-screening of "Black in America 4," a CNN program hosted by Soledad O'Brien.

Sowande Mustakeem ’00 has come a long way since her Elon graduation more than a decade ago. A master’s, doctorate and postdoctoral fellowship later, she is a respected authority in history and African and African-American studies, which she teaches as an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Recently, Mustakeem’s article, “‘She must go overboard & shall go overboard:’ Diseased bodies and the spectacle of murder at sea,” was published in Atlantic Studies, a leading journal in the field.

Assistant professor Prudence Layne presented at the 35th annual National Council for Black Studies conference held March 16-19 in Cincinnati, Ohio.