SUNY Cortland - Africana Studies

Department News and Announcements

Black History Month Schedule of Events (Spring 2009)

We have lined up an exciting group of people for our Black History Month Sandwich Seminars. They are held on Wednesdays from 12:30 to 1:30 P. M. and Thursdays from 12:00 to 1:00 P. M. in Jacobus Lounge Brockway Hall, unless otherwise noted. Below is the list of Sandwich Seminars. If you are interested in having any of these speakers visit your class or give additional presentations, do let me know in advance. We look forward to seeing you there.

Wednesday, February 4: Student Panel "Flexing Their Political Muscle: Empowerment and the Youth Vote in the 2008 Election Campaign"

Dr. Seth Asumah (Moderator), Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair, Africana Studies Anne Marrie Rossi, SUNY Cortland Student Government Association, Psychology major Elizabeth Cronan, NYPIRG Representative, Adolescence Education-Social Studies, History major Mike Lane, Philosophy major Trevor Curry, President of SUNY Cortland Debate Team, Political Science major Calvin Louis-Juste, Men of Value (MOVE), Business Economics major Deanna Morrison, Women of Color, Adolescence Education-Social Studies, History major Andrea Villa, Lafamilia Latina, Speech Pathology major

Thursday, February 5: “Double Bogey: Black Women Golfers” Susan Rayl, Associate Professor, Kinesiology

Wednesday, February 11: "Carceral Landscapes and Black Masculinity in the Age of Mass Incarceration" Rashad Shabazz, George Washington Henderson Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Thursday, February 12: “Old Wine in New Bottles or Real Change We Can Live With? White and Black Voting Patterns in the 2008 Election among Alabama Voters and Their Implications for Dynamic Change in America” Jerome Gray, Political Director of the Barack Obama 2008 Presidential Campaign for the State of Alabama; Executive Assistant to the Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture; Retired Field Director, Alabama Democratic Conference, Montgomery, Alabama

Wednesday, February 18: “Examining Mixed Race Identity in the 21st Century” Noelle Paley, Adjunct Professor, Philosophy and Africana Studies

Thursday, February 19: "The 'invisible institution' and a disappearing achievement gap? Religious involvement and educational outcomes among urban students" Brian Barrett, Assistant Professor, Foundations and Social Advocacy

Wednesday, February 25: "Music of African American Composers for Piano and Voice" Edward Moore, Associate Professor of Music, piano, Anne Shelly, soprano

Thursday, February 26: “Survival Guide for Women of Color at SUNY Cortland” Women of Color, SUNY Cortland Student Organization faculty.

Website Update

The Africana Studies Department Web site has been finished. Thanks to Dr. Christopher Latimer and Loren Leonard for their tireless efforts. Please take a moment to surf the new site and take advantage of the information we have provided.

Study Abroad Program

In conjunction with the International Programs Office at SUNY Cortland, the Africana Studies Department has established a new study abroad program with the University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana, West Africa for students and faculty. Students and faculty who are interested in studying or researching in Ghana should contact the Africana Studies Department or the International Programs Office.