Emory University Announces First Doctor of African American Studies Program in the Southeastern United States
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Emory University in Atlanta has announced the first Ph.D. in African American Studies. Program in the Southeastern United States.
“We are accepting applications beginning in September 2022,” Carol Anderson, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies at Emory, announced on Twitter.
In an overview posted on the Emory website, the university noted that “as an interdisciplinary graduate program, the Doctor of African American Studies. The program is a highly selective program of study combining the expertise of an esteemed group of over 50 senior and affiliate graduate faculty with research specializations in disciplinary and interdisciplinary areas such as African and African American Studies, American studies, anthropology, art history, comparative literature. , Creative Writing, Educational Studies, English, History, Music, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
The university said the program provides rigorous training and doctoral preparation. students interested in careers inside and outside academia.
“Our program is organized around the four pillars upon which AAS as a field is based: interdisciplinarity, intersectionality, community engagement, and transnationalism,” officials wrote.
“In addition, each student enrolled in the program will receive specialized training in AAS in one of three related areas: gender and sexuality, social justice and social movements, and expressive arts and cultures.”
From the first AAS Ph.D. cohort in the fall of 2023, officials said they plan to enroll four new doctoral students. students each year.
The school also expects every student to graduate within five to six years.
According to the fact sheet, all Ph.D. students are fully funded for five years with an annual stipend of at least $31,000, tuition rebate, and health insurance. Although each student is guaranteed funding and support for five years, funding for a sixth year – if required – will be possible.