African American Studies

Two Elon University students have been named finalists for a 2011 Truman Scholarship, a prestigious national fellowship awarded each year to college juniors with goals of working in education, government, the nonprofit or advocacy sectors, or elsewhere in public service.

Frances Ward-Johnson, associate professor and associate department chair in the School of Communications, was recently named an executive editor with the Journal of International Women’s Studies.

Frances Ward-Johnson, associate professor and associate department chair in the School of Communications, was selected to present her research at the Association for the Study of African American Life and History Conference held Sept. 30-Oct. 3 in Raleigh, N.C.

Prudence Layne, an assistant professor of English and coordinator of African/African-American Studies at Elon, was one of 10 national directors of Black Studies programs selected to participate in a Summer Administrative Workshop sponsored by the National Council for Black Studies and the Ford Foundation.