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Kristina Odejimil
In the News
Kristina Bethea Odejimi '06 is Bowdoin’s New Dean of Students
Bowdoin 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 has appointed Kristina Bethea Odejimi '06 as Dean of Students. Odejimi was an anthology/sociology & Black Studies double major.
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Aaron Webb '96
In the News
Aaron Webb '96 COO of Morning Pointe Healthcare Services Company
Attorney Aaron Webb '96 is COO of Morning Pointe healthcare services company. Webb majored in black studies and political science at 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 #########.
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Lectures & Discussions
Joseph Lewis Presents 'When Can We Cry' at Tuesday Lunch
Lewis argues that these protest movements demonstrate the potential of student civic engagement at 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 ######### and beyond.
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students at the film discussion
Film Screenings
Screening of 'Invisible Chess' film
Film promotes institutional reform, addresses the inequities of a warped sentencing system, and seeks to find justice for Jason Goudlock.
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Lectures & Discussions
Black Studies Co-Hosts Interviewing Workshop with Journalist
必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 ######### hosted an interviewing workshop with journalist Brittany King, a full-time freelancer in Indianapolis who covers marginalized communities.
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Dr. Jamillah Karim
Lectures & Discussions
Dr. Jamillah Karim Talks Islam, Black Feminism, & Leadership
Dr. Karim shares her ethnographic and autoethnographic data on current and former women leaders of the Nation of Islam.
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Mary Frances Berry
Lectures & Discussions
"Why Reparations? How Reparations?"
Black Studies Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with Workshop on Reparations Featuring Dr. Mary Frances Berry
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L. Graciella Maiolatesi '16
Alumni
L. Graciella Maiolatesi '16 Choreography in Concert
La Femme Dance Festival celebrates choreography by women of Black/African Diaspora/African descent, featuring work by L. Graciella Maiolatesi '16.
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Dr. A. Breeze Harper
Lectures & Discussions
A. Breeze Harper Visits 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 ######### University
Black Studies Co-hosts Dr. A. Breeze Harper, Author of the Renowned Book: Sistah Vegan
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Dr. Paul C. Taylor
Lectures & Discussions
(Black) Reconstruction in Aesthetics
Award Winning Professor, Dr. Paul Taylor, Presents Lecture linking Philosophy, Politics, and the Film—Black Panther
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Students having lunch with Dr. Meredith Gadsby
Lectures & Discussions
Meredith Gadsby, Notable Writer & Professor, Visits 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 #########
Dr. Meredith Gadsby and 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 ######### community members discuss her book Sucking Salt: Caribbean Women Writers, Migration, and Survival over lunch.
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What's Happening
Dr. Britt Rusert: “Fight Against White Supremacist Science"
The Black Studies Program co-sponsored a presentation with the History Department by Dr. Britt Rusert.
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Group photo of faculty performing at staged reading
Performances
Black Women Faculty Perform Staged Reading
Black Women Faculty Perform Staged Reading in Celebration of a Womanist Tradition!
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a wrinkle in time movie poster
Faculty
Critiques of Recent Media by Prof. Diana Mafe
Prof. Diana Mafe reviews "A Wrinkle in Time," and "Star Trek: Discovery."
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warrior women
Faculty
Faculty-directed Film, 'Warrior Women,' Debuts
必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 ######### faculty Elizabeth Castle's new documentary, "Warrior Women," follows Lakota activist and community organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk.
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Panelists of the round table
Lectures & Discussions
Round Table Discussion Commemorates MLK Assassination
The 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 ######### Black Studies program hosts a roundtable discussion to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination.
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Panel members
Lectures & Discussions
Black Studies Panel: Race, Gender and Identity in Wakanda!
On March 6th, the Black Studies Program held a panel discussion on the blockbuster Afro-futurist film—Black Panther.
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo with students
Visiting Artists
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Lunches with Black Studies Students
Ladysmith Black Mambazo Lunches with Black Studies Students, and Faculty on the Eve of Vail Series Performance
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Rachel marco-havens workshop
Visiting Artists
Rachel Marco-Havens speaks in class and leads a workshop.
Rachel Marco-Havens, Activist and Performer, Visits the Black Women's Leadership Class, Courtesy of the Laura C. Harris Symposium!
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Students gathering to depart for the Black Panther
Field Trips
The Black Studies Program Goes to See Movie "Black Panther"
Prestigious Scholar of Cultural Studies, Television & Film -Terrance Dean-Leads Black Studies Students in Discussion of Ground Breaking Afro-futurist Film
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Nate Marshall
Lectures & Discussions
Award Winning Poet, Nate Marshall, Discusses his work
Marshall, currently a visiting professor at Wabash 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 in Indiana, engaged with professors and students at Barney Davis Board Room on February 8th.
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Diana Mafe
Faculty
Mafe draws on critical race, postcolonial, & gender theories
English and Black Studies Professor Diana Adesola Mafe Publishes Groundbreaking Book on Black Women in Speculative Fiction
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terrance dean
Faculty
Writer, author, speaker Terrance Dean joins Black Studies
Visiting Faculty Member, Terrance Dean Brings Excitement/Expertise to Black Studies Course Video, Race, and Rights!
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students are pictured with Angela Davis
Conferences & Symposia
Students & Faculty Attend National Women's Conference
Black Studies and Women's & Gender Studies Students Attend the National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD.
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Dr. Yvonne-Marie Mokam
Faculty
Dr. Yvonne-Marie Mokam, Organizes Events on African Studies
On behalf of the Africanist faculty group, Dr. Mokam organized a visit and events featuring Dr. Ambroise Kom, co-founder of University of the Mountains.
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Students in a discussion circle
Lectures & Discussions
National Advocacy Coordinator, Paul Davis, Visits 必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 #########
必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 ######### Students & Community Members Learn to Bird-Dog! Global Health Activist Offers Training on Non-Violent Social Change.
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Robert Caldwell teaching
Alumni
Robert Caldwell '82 Conducts Training in Columbus
必博娱乐,比博娱乐网址 ######### Alumnus, Robert Caldwell ('82), Conducts Training on Poverty, Race, Class, and Culture in Columbus
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Gabrielle Civil
Faculty
Black Studies Announces New Course by Dr. Gabrielle Civil
Black Feminist Performance Artist-Dr. Gabrielle Civil Offers Exciting New Cross-listed Course in Black Studies.
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Ignatius Sancho
Faculty
Bath, Britain, and the Black Atlantic
Associate Professor of English, Diana Mafe, will teach a new study abroad course in Bath, England, that focuses on the black Atlantic.
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Kelly Jo Fulkerson-Dikuua, Sheneese Thompson, Toni King
Faculty
New Faces in Black Studies
Two New Visiting Faculty Members Teach the Introduction to Black Studies
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John L. Jackson
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The Office: John L. Jackson

True to its occupant, John Jackson’s office is a quiet space — personal, distinctive.
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The ON Switch

Conversations with faculty about what it means to teach — and to trigger those amazing moments of illumination
Students engaging in classroom discussion
How We Learn

Cultural Critique

Students take their learning and engage with current topics as critics — as they become published authors and add to their résumés.
Dr. Omedi Ochieng
How We Learn

Dr. Omedi Ochieng gets published

Dr. Omedi Ochieng Publishes Landmark Book in the Field of Black Studies that Interrogates the Meaning of "The Good Life."

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