African American Studies @ WFU
African American Studies at Wake Forest University is a signature academic program that:
- Leverages the University’s distinctive commitment “to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts” while educating a new generation of scholars and citizens committed to serving humanity
- Employs a broad humanistic framework in providing a novel intellectual space for students and scholars to develop new knowledge in their attempt “to ask and answer the fundamental questions of human existence”
- Distinguishes its approach to the discipline by its unique focus on the cultures, knowledges, and expressions of African descended people in the southern United States and their global reverberations.
“I speak to the Black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition – about what we can endure, dream, fail at, and still survive.”
– Maya Angelou
AAS@Wake
African American Studies is integral to a liberal arts education.
Academics
Learn more about our signature African American Studies program and see what’s being offered this spring.
Faculty
Meet our distinguished African American Studies faculty.
2024 AWFUBA/AAS Annual Homecoming Lecture
Then and Now: African American Studies at Wake Forest University
An Intergenerational Conversation
News
Event Calendar
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March 4, 2025 | 5:00pm
Z. Smith Reynolds Library -
March 6, 2025 | 4:00pm
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March 26, 2025 | 12:00pm
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March 26, 2025 | 4:00pm
Benson University Center -
April 10, 2025 | 5:00pm
Z. Smith Reynolds Library
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In partnership with @facetofacewfu, the @character_wfu welcomes award-winning writer @jesmimi for a keynote conversation @WakeForest
Three reading groups will be held on campus, featuring @Dr_JZ , @phdshammy29 and Dr. Rian Bowie. Registration by November 13th – link in bio!
Very excited about the opportunity to merge @WakeForest students, community, and our colleagues at @NewSouthAssoc into one project! Thank you, @NCHumanities!
Our motto means more good in the world. #ProHumanitate
TODAY! Join @WFUAfAmStudies and our community partners for “A Conversation with Charlotte ‘Mama C’ O’Neal featuring @WakeDiv Prof. Melva Sampson” TODAY at 5pm in Pugh Auditorium in the Benson University Center on the campus of @WakeForest.
It’s almost time for Project Pumpkin! Hundreds of Wake Forest student volunteers dressed in costume will welcome children for an afternoon of carnival games, trick-or-treating, music and other entertainment. #ProHumanitate
A great way to end the week with a visit to @WFULawSchool and seeing my former @WFUAfAmStudies student and research assistant Olivia Snow, 1L and celebrating the amazing scholarship of colleagues in the @WakeForest Department for the Study of Religions.
A critical and informative program on environmental justice with featuring @DukeU Prof. Ryan Emanuel @WaterPotential, @CorbanAddison, and @WFUEEJI’s project coordinator and award winning journalist Melba Newsome.
