African American Studies

Gracie Lawson-Borders, Director
111 Ross Hall
Phone: (307) 766-2481
Website: http://www.uwyo.edu/AAST/

Professor:
COLLEEN DENNEY, B.A. Louisiana State University 1981; M.A. 1983; Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1990; Professor of Art 2007, 1990.

CHIKWENDU CHRISTIAN UKAEGBU, B.S. University of Nigeria 1975; M.A. Northwestern University 1978; Ph.D. 1982; Professor of Sociology 2006, 2000.

Associate Professors:
GRACIE LAWSON-BORDERS, B.A. Michigan State University 1982; M.A. Northwestern University 1995; Ph.D. Wayne State University 2001; Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism 2006.

JACQUELINE BRIDGEMAN, B.A. Stanford University 1996; J.D. University of Chicago 1999; Associate Professor of Law 2006, 2002.

BETH LOFFREDA, B.A. University of Virginia; M.A. Rutgers University; Ph.D. 1997; Associate Professor of English 2004, 1998.

TRACEY OWENS PATTON, B.A. Colorado State University 1993; M.A. 1996; Ph.D. University of Utah 2000; Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism, and African American Studies 2006, 2003.

Assistant Professors:
DEBORAH L. MCGRIFF, B.S. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1976; M.S.W. University of Nebraska-Omaha 1981; Ph.D. University of Wyoming 1999; Assistant Professor of Counselor Education 2002.

Visiting Assistant Professor:

ULRICH ADELT, M.A. University of Hamburg, Germany 2000; Ph.D. University of Iowa 2007.

Lecturers:
MARY GATUA, B.S. Ithaca College 2004; M.A. University of Wyoming 2007.

KERRY L. HODGES, B.A. California State University 1994; South Carolina State University 1999.

ROBERT W. INGRAM, B.A. University of Wyoming 2001; J.D. 2004.

RICHARD NTIASARI, B.S. University of Stockholm 1989; M.B.A. University of New Mexico 1994; J.D. University of Colorado 1993.

The African American Studies Program, through an interdisciplinary course of study, examines the experiences of African Americans in the Western United States, in the context of Africa and its diaspora in Europe and the Americas.

African American Studies Minor

The minor in African American studies requires 21 credit hours; this includes the three-credit hour independent research. Three of those courses or (9) credit hours must include the required core courses, and the remaining courses must be at the 2000 level or higher. The thematic tracks are recommended as a structural guide, not a requirement, to help students focus their coursework with their major.

African American Studies (AAST) Courses

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