News & Events

The Department of African and African American Studies is pleased to offer a variety of events during the academic year.

Please visit our online Calendar for information on additional events.

To learn about our previous events, go to our News Archive or you can go to our Webcast page to find out how to view our archived events.

We often add new events and Webcasts. Please come back and visit us often.

Faculty Honors :

The faculty and staff of the Department of African and African American Studies are proud of our honorees:

Of the fourteen Harvard faculty named to 2007 class of American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) fellows, honorary members, two are members of our faculty:

James Sidanius, Professor of Psychology and Professor of African and African American Studies

David Williams, Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health in the Faculty of Public Health and Professor of African and African American Studies
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One of five honored as Harvard College Professors

Jennifer Hochschild, Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government and Professor of African and African American Studies

“By elucidating the connections between race, politics, and education, Jennifer Hochschild not only teaches and inspires, she builds a better citizenry,” says David Pilbeam, Henry Ford II Professor of Human Evolution and interim dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. “The Harvard College Professorship honors her deep commitment to her students.”
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One of two Abramson winners for excellence in teaching

Glenda Carpio, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and of English and American Literature and Lanuage

The award is given each spring to “a faculty member in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in recognition of his or her excellence and sensitivity in teaching undergraduates.” It is accompanied by a grant that can be used for either summer salary or research.

Teaching Fellows and Teaching Assistants:

Congratulations to the following Teaching Fellows and Teaching Assistants from the AAAS department who will be awarded Certificates of Distinction for Excellence in Teaching for the spring term 2007!

Course and TF/TA:

AFRAMER 90r: African Language Tutorials: Nneka Agba

AFRAMER 90r: African Language Tutorials: Mouhamadou L. Diallo

AFRAMER 10: Introduction to African and African American Studies: Cameron Leader-Picone

AFRAMER 140z: The Other African Americans: Carla Denny Martin

SOC-ANAL 66: Michael Philip Jeffries

WOMGEN 1000: Jennifer Christine Nash

You can see the entire list of all recipients sorted by name or by course at:
http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k1985&pageid=icb.page29684

These teachers scored 4.5 or higher on the CUE evaluations by their students, with 5 or more responses, for teaching during the Spring 2007 semester.

Certificates recipients were notified via email and paper invitations, and invited to a reception on Wednesday, October 10 at 4:00 pm.

If you see these award recipients, please congratulate them on their fine work!