Africana Studies
Africana Studies represents a tradition of intellectual inquiry born from the Black freedom struggle and is thus fundamentally concerned with issues of slavery, colonialism, racism, and shifting notions of Blackness. It is a dynamic field at Connecticut College that employs an interdisciplinary and transnational approach to cultural production & expression, historical investigation, and social & structural analysis in order to examine and understand the universal and particular experiences of Black people in Africa and throughout the African diaspora. The program strives to highlight a multiplicity of experiences using an intersectional lens that explores the connections between race, ethnicity, nation, class, gender, and sexuality.
Course offerings and electives are cross-listed with over ten other programs and departments, including Anthropology, Art History, Dance, Economics, Education, English, Film Studies, French, Government and International Relations, History, Hispanic Studies, Human Development, Music, Philosophy, and Sociology.
Affiliated Faculty:
Professor: Benoit (Anthropology), Bhatia (Human Development), Borer (Government), Rushin (English), Steiner (Art History and Anthropology); Associate Professors: Chhabria (History), Collins (Dance), Feldman (Philosophy), Garofalo (History), Harris (Sociology), Heredia (Hispanic Studies), Roberts (Dance), Rotramel (Gender, Sexuality and Intersectionality Studies), Strabone (English); Assistant Professors: Cook (English), Hanna (Gender, Sexuality and Intersectionality Studies), Swagler (History).
Affiliated Staff:
Andrew Lopez (Library); Dr. Bryana White (Counseling Services).
Africana Studies Courses