WFU Environmental Justice Summit to feature civil rights activist Rev. Ben Chavis
Environmental justice and civil rights activist Rev. Ben Chavis will deliver the keynote address at Wake Forest University’s spring Environmental Justice Summit.
African American Studies major Chase Clark (’26) awarded 2025 “Building the Dream” Award
African American Studies major Chase Clark (‘26) was named a Wake Forest University 2025 Martin Luther King Jr. “Building the Dream” award winner. Clark was recognized for “working tirelessly, professionally and enthusiastically for others.”
Prof. Eshe Sherley awarded 2024 Proud Shoes First Book Fellowship
African American Studies Professor Eshe Sherley received a Proud Shoes First Book Fellowship from the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice. The fellowship supports scholars who are developing their first full academic book manuscript in history, social justice, politics, law, race, gender, […]
Prof. Claire Crawford awarded APSA Advancing Research Grant for Early Career Scholars
Claire B. Crawford, assistant professor of Africana Political Thought in the Department of Politics and International Affairs and the Program in African American Studies, was awarded an American Political Science Association Advancing Research Grant for Early Career Scholars for her project “Hum So the […]
Prof. Corey D. B. Walker on “Juneteenth” in New York Times
Corey D. B. Walker, Dean of School of Divinity, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, and Director of Program in African American Studies, was featured in Charles Blow’s recent New York Times column “On Juneteenth, Freedom Came With Strings Attached.”
First Black Woman Board Chair for SPLC inspired African American Studies at Wake Forest University
Dean and Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities Corey D. B. Walker comments on Karen Baynes-Dunning (’89) appointment as chair of the board for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the importance of her leadership as a Wake Forest University student for […]
Alton B. Pollard III named James and Marilyn Dunn Chair in Baptist Studies and University Professor of African American Studies
Alton B. Pollard III will join the faculty of Wake Forest University as the James and Marilyn Dunn Chair in Baptist Studies in the School of Divinity and University Professor of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences beginning July 1, […]
Wake Forest names Corey D. B. Walker Dean of the Divinity School
Distinguished scholar of religion Corey D. B. Walker has been named Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Walker, who is Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, has served as interim dean for the school since January.
Hip-Hop at 50 with Prof. Patrick ‘9th Wonder’ Douthit
Wake Forest University African American Studies Professor of the Practice in Residence Patrick ‘9th Wonder’ Douthit will be featured in a celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop on Monday, July 24, 2023 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The event is sponsored by the Arts Council […]
Prof. Corey D. B. Walker discusses six books about the history of Juneteenth
For Juneteenth, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities Corey D. B. Walker shares a list of readings that can help people better understand the history and meaning of the observance.
