Office of Global Education
Alicia Marchand, a student in the Master of Public Administration program with a graduate minor in Race, Gender, and Social Justice in the Department of Africana Studies, participated in the Faculty-Led: Heritage Ubuntu Student Project education abroad program in South Africa this summer.Collaboration Between Kent State University and the University of Fort HareThis education abroad program was the first travel component of an ongoing collaboration between Kent State University and the University of Fort Hare in South Africa. The collaboration is grant funded by the U.S. Embassy in South Afric...
Affiliated Organizations
The Department of Pan-African Studies is also affiliated with the following organizations:
Research
The Institute for African American Affairs is the research arm of the department, also known as IAAA.
Student Groups
Affectionately known as "the House that BUS built," CPAC, today, is the home base for several student groups including:
Graduate Minor
The Race, Gender and Social Justice graduate minor allows students to develop a global understanding of the complex inter-sectional systems of oppression that shape the lives of people of African descent, including other people of color.
Undergraduate Minors
Students majoring in any field – from Business or Education to the Humanities and Fine and Professional Arts – are encouraged to consider Africana Studies as a minor.
A minor in Africana Studies often enhances the employability of students who major in other fields. Those who take the African Studies or Identity, Globalization and Space minor will find themselves with a competitive advantage in the private sector, particularly in such areas as global health, agricultural processing, information technology, climate study, mineral trades and strong cultural competency skill sets.