Wake Forest University’s Program in African American Studies is now the Program in African American and African Studies, marking a significant milestone in the program’s continued evolution and affirming its commitment to the interdisciplinary study of Africa, the African diaspora, and African American life, thought, […]
The Program in African American Studies at Wake Forest University is pleased to announce the appointment of Shanna Greene Benjamin as Reynolds Professor of African American Studies. A distinguished scholar and accomplished academic leader, Professor Benjamin joined Wake Forest University from Grinnell College, where […]
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) 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.”
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, […]
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 […]
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.”
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 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, […]
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.