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American Studies (AMST)
The Jewish Experience in the American South
Course Number 486
Marcie Cohen Ferris
Discussion of the intersection of Black and Jewish worlds/lives in the American South
No Place Like Home: Material Culture of the American South
Course Number 488
Marcie Cohen Ferris
Substantial amount of time on Black life in the U.S
Introduction to Southern Studies
Course Number 211
Marcie Cohen Ferris Co-
Substantial amount of time on Black life in the U.S
Cooking Up a Storm: Food and American Studies
Course Number 375
Marcie Cohen Ferris
Substantial amount of time on Black life
Anthropology (FOLK)
Poetic Roots of Hip Hop
Course Number FYS
Glenn Hinson
Traditions in African American Music
Course Number 610
Glenn Hinson
Southern Styles, Southern Cultures
Course Number 340
Glenn Hinson
Field project identifying and interviewing descendants of lynching victims from NC
Race, Racialization, and Blackness: A Multidimensional Approach
Course Number FYS Spring
Charles Price
Public Archaeology in Bronzeville: Research and Community Engagement in Chicago’s Black Metropolis
Course Number 64 Fall 2016
Anna Agbe-
The Archaeology of African Diasporas
Course Number 454 Spring 2017
Anna Agbe-
Business (MBA)
New Urbanism, Smart Growth & Sustainable Community Development
Course Number 850A
James Johnson
Social Entrepreneurship
Course Number 866
James Johnson
Dramatic Arts (DRAM)
Carnivals and Festivals of Africa and the African Diaspora
Course Number 489 Spring 2017
Kathy Perkins
Perspectives in World Drama
Course Number 117
Kathy Perkins
40% African/African Diaspora content
African American Theatre
Course Number 287 Summer
Kathy Williams
English (ENGL)
Black Masculinity & Femininity
Course Number 59
GerShun Avilez
Contemporary African American Literature
Course Number 369
GerShun Avilez
Race, Heath, & Narrative
Course Number 370
GerShun Avilez
African American Literary & Cultural Theory
Course Number 871
GerShun Avilez
Literatures of the Black Diaspora
Course Number TBD Fall 2016
GerShun Avilez
Sacred Roots: Voodoo, Hoodoo, Herbalism, and Magic in African American Literature
Course Number 129 Fall 2016
Rebecka Rutledge Fisher
Kenan Institute: Traditional African American folk practices such as hoodoo, voodoo, root work/herbalism, and spiritualism, and how these practices serve, in part, as the cultural "roots" of African American literary arts
Epidemiology (EPID)
Introduction to Social Epidemiology
Course Number 826 Fall 2016
Allison Aiello
Kenan Institute: Content is relevant for the research of “health disparities” and “health equity” in regard to Black populations.
Analysis and Interpretation
Course Number 827 Spring 2017
Whitney Robinson
Kenan Institute: Content is relevant for the research of “health disparities” and “health equity” in regard to Black populations
German (GERM)
Afrofuturism, Cyborg Feminism and Afro-
Course Number 655
Priscilla Layne
History (HIST)
America in the Sixties
Course Number 384
William Sturkey
Great amount of time on civil rights, Black Power, urban unrests and segregation, etc.
History of the Civil Rights Movement
Course Number 382 Spring 2017
William Sturkey
Focus on the African-
Topics in African-
Course Number 395
Genna Rae McNeil
African-
Course Number 569
Genna Rae McNeil
History of African-
Course Number 588
Genna Rae McNeil
History of African-
Course Number 589
Genna Rae McNeil
Readings in African-
Course Number 870
Genna Rae McNeil
Go Tell It On the Mountain: Black Life in the 1950s
Course Number FYS
William Sturkey
Linguistics (LING)
The Structure of African American English
Course Number 335 Fall
J. Michael Terry
Music (MUSC)
Introduction to Black Music
Course Number 148
Louise Toppin
The Art and Culture of the DJ
Course Number 155
Mark Katz
Beat Making Lab
Course Number 156
Joe Latterner
Introduction to Black Music
Course Number 148
Chérie Rivers Ndaliko
Media and Social Change in Africa
Course Number 292
Chérie Rivers Ndaliko
The Art of Emergency
Course Number 970 TBD
Chérie Rivers Ndaliko
Also covers global Black issues.
Ethnomusicology
Course Number 970 TBD
Chérie Rivers Ndaliko
Also covers global Black issues.
Culture and Activism in Congo: Ethics and Methods
Course Number 970 TBD
Chérie Rivers Ndaliko
Also covers global Black issues.
Music, Film, and Aid in Contemporary Africa
Course Number 970 TBD
Chérie Rivers Ndaliko
Hip Hop Diplomacy and Social Justice
Course Number 291/286
Chérie Rivers Ndaliko
Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Black Popular Musics and Cultures
Course Number 970 TBD
David Garcia
Rap Lab
Course Number 157L
Pierce Freelon Joe Latterner
Political Science (POLI)
Race, Innocence, and the End of the Death Penalty
Course Number 203
Frank Baumgartner
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Race and Politics
Course Number 419
Andrea Benjamin
Focus on Blacks and Latinos
Psychology (PSYC)
African American Psychology
Course Number 503 Spring 2017
Enrique Noblett
Racism, Racial Identity, and African American Mental Health
Course Number FYS Fall 2017
Enrique Noblett
Sociology (SOCI)
Race, Class, and Gender
Course Number 444
Sheryl Kleinman
Women's and Gender Studies (WMST)
Gender and Sexuality in Africa
Course Number 200
Staff
Black Women in America
Course Number 266
Kia Caldwell
African American Women in the Media: Identity, Politics and Resistance
Course Number 285
Michele Berger
Women & The Law in Africa & Middle East
Course Number 289
Emily Burrill
African Gender History
Course Number 337
Emily Burrill
Rahtid Rebel Women: An Introduction to Caribbean Women
Course Number 352
Michele Berger
The Struggle Continues: Women of Color in Contemporary U.S. Social Movements
Course Number 368
Michele Berger
Feminist Philosophy: Issues in Gender, Race, and Class
Course Number 475
Staff
Theorizing Black Feminism
Course Number 553 Fall 2016
Michele Berger
Kenan Institute: Theoretical contributions of African American and African diasporan feminists.
Performance of Literature by Women of Color
Course Number 561
Staff
Race, Sex, and Place in America
Course Number FYS
Michele Berger
Plantation Lullabies
Course Number FYS
Tanya Shields
School of Education (EDUC)
Education of African Americans
Course Number 906
Sherick Hughes
Culture, Ethnicity, and Race in Science Education
Course Number 871 TBD
Eileen Parsons
Critical Race Theory
Course Number 972
Dana Thompson-
Urban Education: US & Africa
Course Number 871
Sherick Hughes rparsons@email.unc.edu
School of Media and Journalism (MEJO)
The Black Press and US History
Course Number 342 Spring
Trevy McDonald
Diversity and Communication
Course Number 441 Fall & Spring
Livis Freeman
Focus on representation of marginalized groups in American mainstream media"The most memorable diversity moment I can remember was discussing diversity and systematic racism in a history of the black press class last semester. I had heard about the dispro
School of Public Health (MHCH)
Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Course Number 665
Diane Rowley
My academic experiences with learning about diversity have been fairly limited. I only recently took JOMC 342 (Black Press and U.S. History) and it was really enlightening and made me wish I had taken more diversity classes throughout college.
Leading for Racial Equity: Examining Structural Issues of Race and Class
Course Number 720 Fall
Deborah Stroman
Translational Health Disparities: Research, Practice and Policy
Course Number 890 Fall & Spring
Peggye Dilworth Anderson
Kenan Institute: Concepts, methods, key issues, and new applications needed to conduct and implement translational research in addressing health disparities.
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