UF Intersections. Director s Message: Dr. Sharon Austin. Volume 10, Issue 1. Fall 2015

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UF Intersections Tradition and Transformation

Volume 10, Issue 1

African American Studies Program

Edited by Dr. Vincent Adejumo

Fall 2015

Director’s Message: Dr. Sharon Austin

103 Walker Hall PO Box 118120 Gainesville, FL 32611

Hello and welcome to our fall newsletter. We have had a busy semester this fall and are looking forward to the spring semester. This edition of the newsletter is devoted to introducing our faculty and welcome our three new faculty members.

Phone: (352) 392-5724 Fax: (352) 294-0007 Email: [email protected] College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Turlington Hall P.O Box 117300 Gainesville FL 32611 P: 352.392.0780 F: 352.392.3584

Inside this issue: Director’s Message

1

Dr. Sharon Austin

2

Dr. Vincent Adejumo 2

Dr. Evan Hart

3

Dr. Patricia HilliardNunn

3

Dr. Ibram Kendi

4

Dr. Lauren Pearlman 4 Ilyasah Shabazz Lecture

5

Representative John Lewis (D-GA) Lecture

5

Upcoming Activities

6

Announcements

7

Program Graduates

7

Support African American Studies

8

Spring 2016 Schedule

9

Dr. Vincent Adejumo had been a research assistant in the program since 2011. He earned a doctorate in political science in August 2015 and joined the faculty as a full-time lecturer later during the month of August. Vincent teaches courses both online and on campus. He also organizes the newsletter and updates our website. Dr. Ibram Kendi is an Assistant Professor of History and African American Studies. This semester, he taught our Introduction to African American Studies course and a graduate seminar in African American History. Next semester, he is teaching a Sports and Society and History of Hip Hop course. We congratulate Dr. Lauren Pearlman with the birth of her son Milo this semester. She taught a Black Lives Matter course this semester and a course on the Modern Civil Rights Movement.

Professors Patricia Hilliard-Nunn, Evan Hart, and I continued our teaching

Dr. Sharon Austin, Director of the African American Studies Program

responsibilities in the program. Dr. Hilliard-Nunn does an excellent job in the two senior seminars and in the Black Hair Politics class. Dr. Hart teaches Key Issues in Black Atlantic Thought and a course on Black Women's Health We are very excited to have our new faculty members and look forward to expanding our faculty again next fall with the addition of a new Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies and African American Studies. We have a very busy semester ahead in the spring. We are sponsoring a film and panel discussion about the role of

black women in the civil rights movement, a twoday symposium about the Obama administration, the annual African Americans in Paris class, and are co-sponsoring lectures by Professors Nikki Giovanni and Patricia Hill-Collins. Finally, we are very happy with the growth of our major. We now have approximately 80 majors and are continuously recruiting new students. Our goal is to reach 100 majors by the fall 2016 semester and enroll 500 students in our courses. This semester, almost 400 students took African American Studies courses. Please enjoy the newsletter and contact us if you’d like additional information about our courses, major, minor, or future plans.

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Dr. Sharon Austin Dr. Sharon Austin has been a faculty member at the University of Florida since 2001 and has been the director of the program in 2011. She earned a doctorate in Political Science from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and specializes in minority and urban politics and public policy. Dr. Austin teaches courses in African American Politics; Urban Politics; and Race, Gender, and Politics. In the future, she is also planning to teach the Introduction to African American Studies course. Her current research project, The Caribbeanization of Black Politics: Race, Group Consciousness, and Political Participation in America, is Dr. Sharon Austin with Representative John Lewis (D-GA) under contract with the State University of New York at Albany Press and will be published in 2017. She has also written two books – Race, Power, and Political Emergence in Memphis and The Transformation of Plantation Politics: Race, Concentrated Poverty, and Social Capital in the Mississippi Delta – as well as several articles and book chapters.

Welcolme Dr. Vincent Edward Oluwole Adejumo Dr. Vincent Edward Oluwole Adejumo joined the African American Studies faculty this year as a full-time lecturer. However, Vincent has been teaching for the program for several years. He earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from UF in April 2015 and developed and taught the online Introduction to African American Studies course since 2013. Vincent also served as the research assistant for Dr. Sharon Austin while completing his doctorate. During this time, he was one of the students who assisted with the approval of the major, recruited several students, re-created the program’s website and newsletter, and assisted with several of our programs and activities. He has developed two new courses for the program this year – Black Masculinity and The Wire which is based on the popular HBO television show. In the future, Vincent will continue to teach the Intro to African American Studies course both on campus and online, the Black Masculinity course, The Wire course, and the Black Experience: Psychological Perspectives. He is also qualified to teach courses in African American Politics. Vincent is currently revising his dissertation into a book and hopes to submit it for review to an academic publisher during the summer of 2016.

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Dr. Evan Hart Dr. Evan Hart joined the faculty during the fall 2014 semester as a Visiting Assistant Professor. She earned a Ph.D. in History and a Certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Cincinnati. Evan specializes in African American Women’s History and Black Women’s Health. She has taught the Key Issues in African American/Black Atlantic Thought course both on campus and online for the program. She also teaches the Introduction to African American Studies, Black Women’s Health, and Research Methods in African American History courses. Currently, Evan is revising her dissertation research into a book and has published scholarly research on the history of African American women and on black women’s health.

Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn

Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn has been a member of the African American Studies faculty for many years and became a full-time lecturer in 2011. Dr. Hilliard-Nunn earned a doctorate in Mass Communications from Florida State University and has developed and taught numerous courses over the years including Introduction to African American Studies, African American Senior Seminar Parts I and II, Black Hair Politics, Blacks in Film, Blacks in Florida, and the Black Experience: Psychological Perspectives. She has published several articles and book chapters. She has also produced several documentaries and short films including one commemorating the evolution of the black studies program at UF.

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Dr. Ibram Kendi Dr. Ibram Kendi joined the African American Studies faculty this year as an Assistant Professor of African American Studies and History. Kendi specializes in social movements and intellectual history. He earned a doctorate in African American Studies from Temple University. During his brief time at UF, Kendi has taught a graduate seminar in African American History and the Introduction to African American Studies course. Next semester, he will teach a History of Hip Hop course and will also teach a course on Sports and Society. Kendi is the author of The Black Campus Movement (Palgrave, 2012) and Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas, which is set to be released in April 2016. He is currently working on a book that examines Malcolm X and Black Power in New York, which is under contract with NYU Press.

Dr. Lauren Pearlman Dr. Lauren Pearlman also joined the African American Studies faculty this year as an Assistant Professor of African American Studies and History. She received a doctorate in African American Studies from Yale University with a concentration in History. Lauren specializes in civil rights and has taught a Black Lives Matter and Modern Civil Rights course this semester. Her book examines the politics, civil rights, and history of Washington, D.C. and will be published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Press.

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Ilyasah Shabazz Lecture In September 2015, the African American Studies Program sponsored a lecture by Ms. Ilyasah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X and a prolific author. Approximately 200 faculty, staff, and students attended her lecture in the Ocora of Pugh Hall. Ms. Shabazz discussed her newest book, X: A Novel, a fictional account of her father’s childhood and experiences before Malcolm Little became Malcolm X. A book signing followed her lecture. The co-sponsors of the lecture were the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research, Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations, the Bob. S. Graham Center for Public Service, the Black Student Union, the African American History Project, and the Samuel C. Proctor Oral History Program. Representative John Lewis (D-GA) Lecture

In October 2015, the program co-sponsored a lecture by Congressman John Lewis with the Bob S. Graham Center for Public Service. Approximately 500 individuals attended this lecture which took place at the University Auditorium. The congressman discussed his life in the segregated South, his activism during Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) pictured the height of the modern civil rights with former Governor of Florida movement, his role in the 1963 and U.S. Senator Bob Graham March on Washington, and the many changes that have occurred in America since the 1960s. He also discussed the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act and the need for every individual to exercise his or her right to vote.

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Upcoming Activities On January 21, 2016, Reflections Unheard: Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement will be shown in Ustler Hall Atrium at 6pm. A brief discussion with Nevline Nnaji, the filmmaker, will take place after the film ends. The program has received a grant from the UF Center for the Humanities and Public Sphere for a two-day symposium on the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama. On Wednesday February 18th at 6pm, Dr. Michael P. Jeffries of Wellesley College will discuss his research Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America. On Thursday February 19th at 6pm Dr. Fredrick Harris of Columbia University will deliver the annual Dr. Ronald C. Foreman Jr. lecture. He will discuss his research on the Obama administration entitled The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics. Both lectures will take place at the Ocora in Pugh Hall and are co-sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and Public Sphere, Department of Political Science and the Bob. S. Graham Center for Public Service.

Next semester, we will also co-sponsor lectures by renowned poet, author, and professor Dr. Nikki Giovanni in January 2016 and Dr. Patricia Hill-Collins in March 2016. Dr. Sharon Austin will teach the African Americans in Paris class for the third time in Paris, France during the spring break of 2016. Thirteen students will travel to Paris, visit historic sites, hear lectures, and complete readings about the African American experience in the city of light.

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Announcements: A New Professor and the Growth of Our Major

Next semester, we will be interviewing candidates for a new position at the assistant professor level in Women’s Studies and African American Studies. The new professor will begin his/her appointment during the fall 2016 semester. We now have over 80 students in our major and are now developing proposals for undergraduate certificates in Black Women’s Studies and Haitian Studies and a five-year BA/MA program. Because of the large number of students in our major, we now rank fourth among programs/departments with the highest number of undergraduate majors in the country. Congratulations Cecily Duffie Cecily Duffie will graduate in December 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in African American Studies. In the future, she is planning to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree.

Bryan McClean Jr. and Janisha Knight have also completed the requirements for the African American Studies major and will graduate in May 2016. Bryan has a double major in Educational Studies and African American Studies. Janisha will earn a double major in Family, Youth, and Community Sciences and African American Studies. In the photo, Drs. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn and Sharon Austin congratulate Cecily, Bryan, and Janisha during a reception in their senior seminar.

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Support the African American Studies Program The African American Studies Program at the University of Florida depends upon gifts from alumni and friends to fund student and faculty travel, research, and lecture series. If you would like to support the program, please consider making your gift today. The University of Florida Foundation, Inc. is the steward of all private support of the University of Florida. You can give online to The African American Studies Program Fund which makes it possible for the program to engage in extracurricular activities that promote community building and public programming. Private sources of funding increase our capacity for creating a supportive environment for interactions among students, faculty, and the wider community. Designate African American Studies account F008477. One way to offer a specific contribution is to support the Harry Shaw Travel Fund which will make it possible for students to travel for research and conference presentations. Designate African American Studies and list F016689 to build this account. The James Haskins Visiting Scholar Fellowship Endowment Fund honors the memory of the late James Haskins (1941-2005), a former University of Florida Professor of English and a distinguished writer who interpreted the African American experience. In well over 100 books, he exposed children and youth readers to the biographies of leading African Americans and key aspects of Black culture, social history, and contemporary life. The scope of his writings also extended beyond Black America to other parts of the world. The James Haskins Visiting Scholar Fellowship Endowment Fund provides the critical resources needed to enable African American Studies to host emerging and established scholars with research interests that complement some aspect of the scholarly agenda of faculty within the program. The African American Studies account code to build this fund is F013759/013760.

You may also make a gift of cash, appreciated stocks and bonds, real estate, and through various planned giving opportunities through the college of Liberal Arts and Sciences Development and Alumni Affairs office. For more information, please contact Christy Popwell, Director of Development and Alumni Affairs 352-294-1964 or [email protected] . Thank you for supporting our stability and growth!

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Spring 2016 AFAM Schedule Course

Sect

Cred

Day(s)

Period

Bldg

Room

AFA 2000

02CE

3

AFA 2000

2517

3

T

8-9

TUR

L011

AFA 3110

06B3

3

MWF

4

FAC

0127

AFA 3110

12B6

3

AFA 3360

21H9

3

MWF

4

TUR

2333

AFA 3850

064B

3

MWF

6

LIT

0121

AFA 3930

056F

3

AFA 3930

0682

3

MWF

5

AND

0021

AFA 3930

1F31

3

T

6-8

TUR

2342

AFA 3930

1296

3

M

6-8

MAT

0005

AFA 3930

1362

3

AFA 3930

137E

3

MWF

7

WEIM

1064

AFA 3930

1377

3

T

1

TUR

2318

AFA 3930

165H

3

MWF

6

FLI

0119

AFA 3930

168F

3

T

4

FLI

0117

AFA 3930

2D05

3

T

5-6

LAR

0239

AFA 3930

2D28

3

MWF

7

NRN

0331

AFA 3930

2D46

3

T

7

AND

AFA 3930

2H34

3

W

9-11

TUR

AFA 4905

DEPT

3

TBA

AFA 4905

202B

3

R

AFA 4905

DEPT

VAR

TBA

AFA 4931

1H19

3

W

6-8

TUR

2336

AFA 4931

137H

3

T

5-6

TUR

2328

AFA 4931

1379

3

MWF

1

LEI

0207

AFA 4931

1643

3

T

4

TUR

L011

AFA 4936

11BF

3

W

7-9

TUR

2303

AFA 4937

6867

3

R

7-9

FLI

0117

AFA 4970

DEPT

3

TBA

WEB

WEB

WEB

WEB

8-10

AND

Course Title

Instructor(s)

INTR AFRICAN AMER STU INTR AFRICAN AMER STU AFR AM/BLK ATLN THGHT AFR AM/BLK ATLN THGHT ARC AFRICANAMER LIFE METH AFRICANAMER HIS AFR ASIAN AMER HIPHOP INTR HATN/ CREOLE LING AFRICAN AMER LIT 2 BLACKS IN FILM

Adejumo,Vincent E

BLACK POWER MOVEMENT GEOGRAPHY OF AFRICA AMER CIVIL LIBERTIES SPORTS AND SOCIETY AFR AMER HIST TO 1877 THE WIRE

Adejumo,Vincent E Hart, Evan Elizabeth Hart, Evan Elizabeth Davidson, James M Hart, Evan Elizabeth Villegas, Mark R Hebblethwaite, Benjamin John Reid, Mark Allen Nunn,Patricia Hilliard Kent, Kenneth A Mcdade-Gordon, Barbara Elizabeth Stafford, Samuel P Kendi,Ibram X Sensbach, Jon F Adejumo,Vincent E

0021

HISTORY OF HIP HOP WOMEN IN ISLAM

Kendi,Ibram X Simmons, Gwendolyn Delores

2350

BLACK DRAMA

Reid, Mark Allen Austin, Sharon Denise

0034

PARIS STUDY ABROAD URBAN POLITICS INDIVIDUAL STUDY

Austin, Sharon Denise

WORLD JAMES BALDWIN AFRICAN DIASPORA RACE, LAW & CONSTIT RACE POVERTY VOTING AFRICAN-AM SEN SEM 1 AFRICAN-AM SEN SEM 2 HONORS THESIS

Reid, Mark Allen

TBA

Mcdade-Gordon, Barbara Elizabeth Stafford, Samuel P Scher, Richard K Austin, Sharon Denise Austin, Sharon Denise Austin, Sharon Denise