Africana Studies
The African-American Studies program is an interdisciplinary minor that forms an important segment of the liberal arts education for any student. It provides the opportunity for students to study, analyze and evaluate, systematically, the various disciplines, e.g., history, art and science, from an Africana perspective. The program continues to attract students from all ethnic and racial backgrounds as they recognize ways that this concentration provides them with a forum to examine the intellectual life, the historical experience and the cultural understanding of one of this country’s largest racial minority groups. Students electing to pursue courses in the program are entering into the current intellectual dialogue on multiculturalism in this society as they study with professors who have conducted notable research in African, Caribbean, Africana and African-American Studies within their traditional disciplines.
Although students may not major in Africana Studies, they may minor in this area by completing the required core and cognate courses and meeting the grade-point-average criterion. The Africana Studies program at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey is affiliated with the National Council for Black Studies, Inc. (NCBS).
A diverse selection of General Studies and program courses relevant to Africana Studies are available. Courses are divided into core and cognate categories. Core courses are further divided into three groups: arts-related, history/culture-related and science-related courses. Both core and cognate courses are offered each academic year.
Independent projects with interested faculty members also are available. In addition, opportunities for study in selected African countries are possible. Group study tours are offered regularly. Students interested in studies in Africa, the Caribbean, South America or Europe should contact the coordinators of Africana Studies and Study Abroad for further details.
The Africana Studies program is open to everyone regardless of race, creed, color, religion or ethnic background.
Requirements for the minor
Each student will be required to take a minimum of four core courses. Two of these must be GSS 2201 Africana Studies: An Introductory Perspective, GIS 4601 African-Americans: A Seminar, the capstone course. The remaining two core courses must be selected from a different group (arts-related, history/culture-related, science-related). The final course may be selected from the core and/or cognate group. Students selecting an independent study as a substitute should discuss this with the program coordinator prior to registration. Students who earn a minimum 2.0 grade point average in their required courses qualify for the minor. Students who earn a 3.5 or greater average in core courses qualify for Ankh Maat Wedjua, the National Honor Society for Africana Studies majors and minors for NCBS. Core and cognate courses are listed below. Interested students should contact the Africana Studies coordinator each term for updates.
Core courses
1. Required Introduction
GSS 2201 Africana Studies: An Introductory Perspective
2. Arts-Related
GAH 1215 African-American Dance
GAH 1216 African-American Theater Workshop
GAH 1248 Music of Black Americans
GAH 1650 African-American Literature and Culture
GIS 4634 Rhetoric of the African Diaspora
GSS 2451 South Africa Now
LITT 3112 The Contemporary African American Novel
LITT 3121 African-American Women Writers
LITT 3309 Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
3. History/Culture-Related
ANTH 3640 The Language and Culture of African Americans
GAH 1360 Topics in African-American History and Culture
GAH 1650 African-American Literature and Culture
GAH 2184 Hip Hop Culture
GAH 2360 Civil Rights
GAH 3312 Black Radicalism
GIS 3190 Black Power
GIS 3635 Discover Africa
GSS 1652 African Civilizations
GSS 3795 African-American Cinema
HIST 2330 African-American Civilization to 1865
HIST 2331 African-American History since 1865
PHIL 2201 African-American Philosophy
4. Science-Related (Social/Natural)
GIS 3190 Black Power
GIS 3635 The African Experience
GNM 2236 Black Scientists and Inventors
GSS 2188 African-Americans and the Law
GSS 2201 African-American Studies: An introductory perspective
GSS 2610 African-American Economic Experience
GSS 3163 Africana Male/Female Relations
GSS 3195 Blacks and Jews: Problems and Promise
SOCY 3715 Black Female Authors
5. Required Capstone
GIS 4601 African-Americans: A Seminar
COGNATE COURSES
ANTH 2602 Language and Identity
ANTH 3740 Ethnicity
COMM 2205 Intercultural Communications
CRIM 3715 Race, Class and Gender in Criminal Justice
GAH 3109 Women, Minorities and the Media
GSS 2191 Puerto Ricans on the Mainland
GSS 2278 Dealing with Diversity
GSS 2480 The Sixties
GSS 3104 Language and Power
GSS 3516 Intercultural Communication
SOCY 2213 Minority-Majority Relations
SOWK 2504 Ethnic and Minority Relations
For more information, contact the Africana Studies Coordinator, Patricia Reid-Merritt, Pat.Reid-Merritt@stockton.edu The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, NJ 08240-0195, Phone: (609) 652-4609. To declare a minor, use this form.
The Faculty
Donnetrice Allison
Ph.D. (Howard University), Assistant Professor of Communications: African rhetoric, Hip Hop culture.
Rogers G. Barlatt
Ph.D. (University of Connecticut), Professor of Chemistry: West Africa, Black ontributions in science, science education.
Darrell Cleveland
Ph.D. (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Assistant Professor of Education: foundations of education, diversity and social justice, sociology of education, history of education, minority issues in higher education.
Shawn Riva Donaldson
Ph.D. (Rutgers, The State University), Associate Professor of Sociology: Southern Africa, race relations, sociology of law, womanist issues.
Penelope A. Dugan
D.A. (State University of New York at Albany), Professor of Writing: African-American writers, slave narratives, African-American rhetoric.
Robert Gregg
Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Professor of History: U.S. and African-American history, 1865-present; comparative history.
Sharon A.Smith
Ph..D. (University of Pennsylvania) , Assistant Professor of Social Work and Field Coordinator: African-American family relationships throughout the life cycle.
Adalaine Holton
Ph.D. (University of California, Santa Cruz), Assistant Professor of Literature: African- American literature, comparative American literature, U.S. ethnic studies, theories of race and ethnicity.
William C. Jaynes IV
M.S.W. (Temple University), Professor of Social Work and Africana Studies: social policy, urban affairs, Africana studies, gerontology, social work practice, ethnic and minority relations.
Janice O. Joseph
Ph.D. (York University, Canada), Professor of Criminal Justice; juvenile justice, criminology and deviance, blacks and crime, corrections.
Melaku Lakew
Ph.D. (University of California, Riverside), Professor of Economics: East Africa, global economics, monetary theory.
Linda Williamson Nelson
Ph.D. (Rutgers, The State University), Professor of Anthropology and Africana Studies: African- American literature, African-American Vernacular English, cultural anthropology, sociolinquistics, women’s studies, studies in language and power.
Anne Fairchild Pomeroy
Ph.D. (Fordham University), Associate Professor of Philosophy: African-American philosophy, critical race theory.
Patricia Reid-Merritt
D.S.W. (University of Pennsylvania), Professor of Social Work and Africana Studies: Africana culture and Diaspora issues, African-American families, African-American social policy and leadership issues, African, Afro-Caribbean and African-American dance.
Beverly J.Vaughn
D.M.A. (Ohio State University), Professor of Music: African-Americans in music, African- Americans in society and history, African- American cultural life.
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