African American Studies

Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences has recognized seven faculty and staff for excellence in teaching, mentoring, scholarship, service and leadership.

Robert P. Jones, CEO and founder of Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and author of "White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity," spoke to the Elon community virtually about his most recent book.

The talk was titled, “Raising Super Women…and Emotional Eaters (?): Exploring the relationship between socialized coping responses to discrimination and disordered eating for collegiate Black women.”

Professor of English Rosemary Haskell's review of Les Veilleurs de Sangomar (The watchmen of Sangomar), the latest novel by Senegalese novelist Fatou Diome, appeared in the Fall 2020 number of World Literature Today.

Damion Blake, assistant professor in political science and policy studies and Faculty Fellow for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity, recently gave a public virtual lecture on policing and race in America during the University of the West Indies #BlackLivesMatter Virtual Seminar Series.

Associate professor of psychology and coordinator of the African & African American Studies minor, Buffie Longmire-Avital and her collaborators receive grant to address the needs of Black women living with HIV in the South during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Associate professor of psychology and coordinator of the African & African American Studies minor, Buffie Longmire-Avital has accepted invitations to join three editorial boards for prominent academic journals in the fields of psychology and health behavior research.

The co-authored research from Blake, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science & Policy Studies, appeared in the peer-reviewed Journal of Global South Studies.

"Migritude's Progress: Fatou Diome's Twenty-Five Years in Afrique(s)-sur-Rhine," an article by Rosemary Haskell, Professor of English, appeared recently in The Minnesota Review: A Journal of Creative and Critical Writing.

The Center for Race, Ethnicity and Diversity Education will host four discussions focused on race, racial injustice and anti-racism during its annual Summer Race, Reflections and Discussion Series.