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African American and Africana Studies

Kyra Norman and mentor Ed Onaci do research for the 2024 Summer Fellows program. July 10, 2024

Black Trauma in Film

Kyra Norman, a junior English Major and African American and Africana Studies Minor, worked with Drs. Lott and Onaci as an Africana Research Fellow this summer studying how black writers and filmmakers use the horror genre to narrate histories of black trauma.

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Exploring the experiences of people of African descent in the African Diaspora, including the United States, Africa, Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe.

learn how the lives, voices and perspectives of black people have shaped the world

African-American/Africana Studies (AAAS) students are curious, innovative thinkers. They strive to learn how the lives, voices and perspectives of black people have shaped the world and have been shaped by it.  Historical periods, contemporary movements, community values, cultural expression, geopolitical issues— these and other subjects unfold through courses in this interdisciplinary program.  

Coursework has motivated Ursinus students and recent graduates to study in Africa or to pursue careers in urban education and youth mentorship. Some AAAS students have worked with faculty to conduct and write important research.

Te-ojah Dennison-Morgan Recent graduate Te-ojah Dennison-Morgan '24 was a summer fellow exploring the impact and harms of disproportionate and unethical use of Black subjects in medical research. Te-ojah is now a graduate student at NC State and a member of the prestigious Black Health Lab which focuses on health equity and wellness for black people in the U.S.

Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men.

W. E. B. Du Bois
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