Professor Irvin Hunt of African American Studies was a lead screenwriter for the film BLKNWS: Terms and Conditions, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival this February and was ranked by Metacritic as “best of festival.” Directed by Khalil Joseph, known for his work on the companion film to Beyonce’s Lemonade, ...
Dr. Candice Jenkins, English and African American Studies, has just released a new book entitled Black Bourgeois: Class and Sex in the Flesh (Minnesota 2019).
Entomologist Dr. Esther Ngumbi has just been jointly-appointed as a faculty member with the Department of African American Studies and the Department of Entomology following the completion of her Chancellor's 2018-2019 Postdoctoral Fellowship.