The AADS program offers a baccalaureate degree in African and African Diaspora Studies. The program, established in 1976, has an interdisciplinary curriculum that examines the following: the interplay of culture, history, socioeconomic, and political forces shaping the experiences of the people of sub-Saharan Africa and its diaspora; the roles that Africans and their descendants have played in the creation of the United States and other New World projects; Africa’s historic relationship with the Mediterranean and Atlantic Worlds; and the ideas and experiences of race in the U.S. and the world and how they change over time and space.
Coursework includes the study of history, literature, sociology, religion, geography, politics, and the arts. The program’s rigorous curriculum has prepared our graduates for success in many challenging careers and professional degree programs in such fields as education, law, law enforcement, business, and the arts. The program’s philosophy is best articulated through its course offerings and its faculty research and publications.
The Calvin B. Holder Scholarship was estabilshed in 2017 by friends and family members of Professor Holder, upon his retirement after 37 years of teaching and service at CSI, to provide financial assistance to students enrolled at CSI who are pursuing a major in African and African Diaspora Studies (AADS). Read more about the scholarship under News and Events. Recipients include:
2022/2023 - Odette Garcia and Amya Lightbody
2021/2022 - Assiata Akanji and Janesha Yancey
2020/2021 - Briannie Gayle and Real Gill
2019/2020 - Malcolm Allen
2018/2019 - Gregory Garnet and Lovejit Singh
Maria Rice Bellamy, Associate Professor of English and Director of the AADS Program
Paul Archibald, Assistant Professor of Social Work
Comfort Asanbe, Professor & Chairperson, Department of Psychology
Grace M. Cho, Associate Professor of Sociology & Anthropology
Ozlem Goner, Associate Professor of Sociology
Roshen Hendrickson, Associate Professor of Political Science & Global Affairs
Wilma Jones, Professor and Reference/Instruction Librarian
Saadia Toor, Associate Professor of Sociology
Michael Paris, Associate Professor of Political Science & Global Affairs
Femi Adegbulu, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of History
Jay Arena, Associate Professor of Sociology
Jeffrey Bussolini, Associate Professor of Sociology
Natalie L. Kimball, Assistant Professor of History
Paul Lopez, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of History
Ananya Mukherjea, Associate Professor of Sociology
Christopher Santiago, Doctoral Lecturer, Department of Sociology/Anthropology
Jonathan Sassi, Professor of History
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