Africana Studies offers an interdisciplinary examination of the black experience in the Americas, Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. Courses in the program explore the distinct historical, political and cultural traditions of people of African descent. The program also concentrates on equity issues and stresses service learning in a wide variety of community-based organizations.

Africana Studies offers valuable training of special interest to those considering admission to graduate and professional schools or careers in education, journalism, law, business management, city planning, international relations, politics, psychology, publishing, and social work.

The interdisciplinary structure of Africana Studies provides students with an opportunity to satisfy the increasingly rigorous expectations of admissions committees and prospective employers. Under our program, students acquire critical, interdisciplinary research skills as well as invaluable experience working on-site in a variety of non-profit and for-profit agencies. Whether majoring in computer science, engineering or the humanities and social sciences, this minor offers a broad liberal arts perspective that complements the specialized knowledge of a traditional major. Perhaps most important, Africana Studies helps Drexel University students meet the challenges of an increasingly diverse and sophisticated global arena.

Advisory Board:

Fred Allen, Biomedical Engineering, Assistant Professor and Advisory Board Member
Carolyn Holmes, AFAS Instructor
Gabriella Ibieta, English & Philosophy, Associate Professor and Advisory Board Member
Donna Jackson, AFAS Instructor
Nsenga Johannson, AFAS Instructor
James Peterson, AFAS Instructor
Abioseh Porter, English and Philosophy, English Department Head and Advisory Board
Rachel Reynolds, Culture and Communication, Assistant Professor and Advisory Board Member
George Starks, Performing Arts, Associate Professor and Advisory Board Member
Donald Stevens, History and Politics, History and Politics Department Head and Advisory Board Member
Antoinette Torres, Vice Provost, Office of the Provost, Advisory Board

For more information please contact:

Kali Nicole Gross, Ph.D.
Director of the Africana Studies
Department of History and Politics
Drexel University
5049 MacAlister Hall
3141 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
email: kng25@drexel.edu
Phone: 215-895-6870
Fax: 215-895-6614