PhD Programs in African-American Studies

University of California--Berkeley

• The University of California at Berkeley (UCB) is a world-renowned institution that is often touted for its interdisciplinary research programs. The African-American Studies program has been offered at Berkeley since 1970, as part of a larger program in ethnic studies. Students are expected to apply interdisciplinary research methods to the study of African-American culture in North America, the Caribbean and Africa. UCB requires two years of resident studies as part of the program. The remainder of the program, which is spent pursuing research, can be completed elsewhere, if necessary. Courses include Identity Politics in the Caribbean and Africa; The Education of African-American Students; and Diaspora, Citizenship and Transnationality.

  University of California--Berkeley
  Department of African-American Studies
  660 Barrows Hall #2572
  Berkeley, CA 94720
  510-642-7084
  africam.berkeley.edu

Northwestern University

• Northwestern University offers a Ph.D. in African-American studies through its Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. The core research emphases are histories; cultural studies and expressive arts; and culture, politics and society. Each of these is further subdivided between either an international or a domestic context. Departments that collaborate with the African-American program include art history, comparative literature, anthropology, political science and Latin American and Caribbean studies. Students in the African-American studies program can earn additional certificates in African studies or gender studies as part of this interdepartmental collaboration. Students complete six core courses, four track courses, four specialized courses, three electives and one research methods course as part of the program.

  Northwestern University
  Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
  Department of African-American Studies
  1860 Campus Dr.
  Crowe 5-128
  Evanston, IL 60208
  847-491-5122
  afam.northwestern.edu

Yale University

• Yale University's Department of African-American Studies offers a joint doctoral program in African-American studies and one of several other degree options. The additional degree can come from the fields of political science, Spanish and Portuguese, American studies, film studies, anthropology, religious studies, English, French, psychology, history or art history. Students are expected to choose a field of concentration or specialization within the African-American studies program, such as African-American literature. Courses include Freedom and Identity in Black Cultures, Sex and Gender in the Black Diaspora and African-American Politics.

  Yale University
  Department of African-American Studies
  81 Wall St.
  New Haven, CT 06520
  203-432-1170
  yale.edu/afamstudies/