Elon University - African/African-American Studies

Welcome from the Coordinator

Welcome to the Internet hub for African/African-American Studies at Elon University (AAASE). The site is designed to help students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and other visitors access important information about our curriculum, programs and events, and goals.

In the past four years, the program launched a very successful marketing and advertising campaign that focused on designing a new look and presence on our campus and beyond, and on attracting and recruiting students interested in Africa, the African-American in the United States, and the rest of Global Africa. Not only has the program established itself as one of the largest academic minors on campus, but throughout the campus, educational awareness efforts highlight the issues our communities are still confronting.

This program aims to nurture the scholarly and professional pursuits of our faculty- and student-scholars, and to provide a global forum for individuals and organizations with an interest and concern for the history, politics, languages, cultures, and lives of blacks within the United States, Africa and her diaspora.

AAASE faculty and students are in the midst of long-term programming and curricular changes that will strengthen the program, expand our reach, and enrich the Elon University experience for all.

Please feel free to e-mail your comments and questions about African/African-American Studies at Elon to aaase@elon.edu, and we look forward to your continued support .

Best wishes,
Prudence Layne
Assistant Professor of English &
Coordinator of AAASE

Contact Information:
Prudence Layne
Coordinator of AAASE
2338 Campus Box,
Elon, NC 27244
aaase@elon.edu
Phone: (336) 278-5618


Welcome History Goals Minor Faculty Research Study Abroad Campaign for Africa Calendar Student Profiles The Black Oaks Newsletter AAASE Grant Initiatives AAASE Home Arts & Sciences Home	Welcome from the Coordinator Welcome to the Internet hub for African/African-American Studies at Elon University (AAASE). The site is designed to help students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and other visitors access important information about our curriculum, programs and events, and goals. In the past four years, the program launched a very successful marketing and advertising campaign that focused on designing a new look and presence on our campus and beyond, and on attracting and recruiting students interested in Africa, the African-American in the United States, and the rest of Global Africa. Not only has the program established itself as one of the largest academic minors on campus, but throughout the campus, educational awareness efforts highlight the issues our communities are still confronting. This program aims to nurture the scholarly and professional pursuits of our faculty- and student-scholars, and to provide a global forum for individuals and organizations with an interest and concern for the history, politics, languages, cultures, and lives of blacks within the United States, Africa and her diaspora. AAASE faculty and students are in the midst of long-term programming and curricular changes that will strengthen the program, expand our reach, and enrich the Elon University experience for all. Please feel free to e-mail your comments and questions about African/African-American Studies at Elon to aaase@elon.edu, and we look forward to your continued support . Best wishes, Prudence Layne Assistant Professor of English & Coordinator of AAASE Contact Information: Prudence Layne Coordinator of AAASE 2338 Campus Box, Elon, NC 27244 aaase@elon.edu Phone: (336) 278-5618	African/African-American Studies News • AAASE Coordinator authors chapter in new book Postcolonial Ghosts. • Elon University Proessfor and AAASE Students Honored at Lilly South Conference 2010 • AAASE Coordinator named Visiting Fellow at the Bader International Studies Institute in Sussex, England • AAASE Librarian Jamane Yeager Wins Award • AAASE major Frank Stiefel '12 has Op-ed Published in The Burlington News and Record • Charles Irons Publishes New Book • 'Other Souths' Online Archive Launched at Elon • Digre studies roots of war in Sudan • Heidi Frontani presents paper in New York • Digre presents at annual meeting of the African Studies Association • Ward-Johnson publishes chapter on civil rights activist •Ward-Johnson article is cover story in The Public Relations Strategist. • African/African-American Studies research database now online • Students Do Service Learning in South African School • 2006 AAASE Course Development Grant recipients named For general E-net news, click here . . . Joe Rogers, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, delivered the MLK, Jr. Commemorative Address in Jan. 2006