Director’s Message: Dr. Sharon Austin Fall 2013 3 Tradition and Transformation UF Intersections African American Studies Program 103 Walker Hall PO Box 118120 Gainesville, FL 32611 Phone: (352) 392-5724 Fax: (352) 294-0007 Email: [email protected]College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Turlington Hall P.O Box 117300 Gainesville FL 32611 P: 352.392.0780 F: 352.392.3584 Inside this issue: Director’s Message 1 Faculty Spotlight 2 Memorial 3 Memorial 4 Alumni Corner 5 Student Spotlight 6 Emancipation 7 Passing the Torch 8 McNair Scholars 9 BGSO President 10 Opportunity Corner 11 Study Abroad: Paris 12 Study Abroad: Ghana 13 Spring 2014 Schedule 14 Support AFAM 15 Hello and welcome to the fall 2013 African American Studies newslet- ter. As director of the program, I am pleased to announce that this is our 45 th anniversary at the University of Florida. We began our celebration of our anniversary with a panel enti- tled “Emancipation Betrayed?: The 150 th Anniversary of the Emancipa- tion Proclamation, the 50 th Anniver- sary of the March on Washington, and the Justice for Trayvon Martin Movement.” In October, approxi- mately 80 students attended our very successful Passing the Torch Career and Internship Fair. They received information about the Environment America, FSU Law Summer for Undergraduates, Public Policy and International Affairs, Teach for America, and White House Intern- ship Programs. Several of the atten- dees at the fair have applied for these and other programs. In this current installment of the newsletter, I would like to tell you about our other exciting activities. First, we now have 10 students ma- joring in African American Studies and 20 who have declared the minor. One of our majors, Tahiri Jean- Baptiste will be graduating in May 2014 with a triple major in Anthro- pology, English, and African Ameri- can Studies. Our other students have double majors in African American Studies and Anthropology, English, Political Science, Religion, and So- ciology respectively. Other majors are solely majoring in African American Studies. These students will receive counseling about the many career opportunities they can pursue. I would also like to advise any students who are thinking about majoring in African American Stud- ies that they can now receive credit for an academic internship. I would be very pleased to assist you in find- ing the perfect internship for you. Second, the African American Stud- ies Program will sponsor its first study abroad course to Ghana, West African in June 2014 and will again offer the African Americans in Paris course during spring break 2014. Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn of the African American Studies Program will teach AFA 4905 The Role of Ghana in the African American Experience (3 credits) for two weeks in June 2014 in Accra, Ghana, West Africa. Students will learn about the important role Ghanaians have played in African American history, life, culture, and music. They will also visit several historic sites in Accra, Kumasi, and the Volta Region of Ghana. I am teaching the African Americans in Paris course (POS 4905 or AFA 4905) for 2-3 credits in Paris, France during spring break 2014. Stu- dents can earn 2 credits for the class if they do the assigned read- ings, short papers, and attend the class sessions and events in Paris. They can earn 3 credits if they do these things and write an addi- tional 15-20 page paper after we return to UF. Class sessions will take place for about 2 hours dur- ing four of the days the class be in Paris. Students will also be able to visit several historic sites such as the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Sorbonne University, the Latin Quarter, etc. For information on either class, please email me at [email protected]or Dr. Hilliard- Nunn at [email protected]. It is not too late to sign up for either class. Third, as part of our year-long anniversary celebration, we will be hosting two prominent speak- ers. On Thursday January 23, 2014, we will host Dr. David J. Garrow - Research Professor of History and Law at the Univer- sity of Pittsburgh and Pulitzer- Prize winning author of Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Dr. Garrow will give a lecture about “The Role of Women in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in the Ocora of Pugh Hall at 6pm. At this time, we will show a mini- documentary that has been de- veloped by Dr. Hilliard-Nunn on the history and evolution of the program. Also on Thursday February 20, 2014, Dr. Abdul Alkalimat will give the 2014 Dr. Ronald Foreman lecture – named in honor of the first Director of the African American Studies Program. His presentation will take place at 6pm in the Friends of Music Room. Dr. Alkalimat is a pioneer of African American Studies and Professor in African American Studies and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the Uni- versity of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. I sincerely hope that you will enjoy the newsletter and contact me if you’re interested in receiv- ing additional information about our courses, activities, major, or minor. Volume 7, Issue 1 Dr. Sharon Austin, Director of the African American Studies Program Edited by Vincent Adejumo and Dr. Sharon Austin
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Director’s Message: Dr. Sharon Austin
Fall 20133
Tradition and Transformation
UF Intersections
African American Studies Program
103 Walker Hall PO Box 118120 Gainesville, FL 32611
Dr. Faye Harrison, Professor of African American Studies and Anthropology is a sociocultural anthropologist who specializes in the study of racial, gender, and class inequali-
ties and the politics that emerge in response to them. She is also interested in the history of ideas, with a particular focus on the scholarly contributions of African Americans and
other African diaspora intellectuals. Dr. Harrison recently received the William R. Jones Most Valuable Mentor award. She was nominated by three McKnight Doctoral Fel-
lows in the Anthropology deparment: Justin Hosbey, Justin Dunnavant, and Brittany Osbourne. Vincent Adejumo, research assistant in the African American Studies program
and editor of this publication recently sat down with Dr. Harrison to reflect on her illustrious career as a professor, academic, , author and editor, and, most importantly, mentor.
In the beginning of the interview, Vincent asked Dr. Harrison to describe her background before coming to the University of Florida in 2004-05 and how it has laid the founda-
tion for her current work. Dr. Harrison: “I was born and raised in Norfolk, a major port city in Virginia. Norfolk, from a historical perspective, is significant because of its
relationship to the West Indies trade within the British Empire. Norfolk was a racially segregated city but was open to the world via the port. As a consequence, there were
many sailors and merchant seamen from different parts of the world on the streets. Being exposed to various people, from around the world stimulated my interest in the
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Faye Harrison
Page 2 UF Intersections
world beyond Virginia and beyond the United States. I later found out
that I was thinking anthropologically. That experience pointed me in
the direction of sociocultural anthropology. After graduating from
high school I attended Brown University and was fortunate to have
professors and mentors who made me feel comfortable and encour-
aged to pursue my interest in becoming a Sociocultural Anthropolo-
gist. Initially I was mentored by George Houston Bass, a protégé of
Langston Hughes. He really encouraged me to seriously pursue
Anthropology I also had an advisor in Anthropology, Louise Lam-
phere, who helped me believe that I could become an Anthropologist
“when I grew up.” I then graduated from Brown and subsequently
attended Stanford University for graduate school. At Stanford, I had a
great supervisory committee and, in particular, was mentored by St.
Clair Drake. who made a major impact on my thinking. I didn’t
realize how great until much later in my career. St. Clair Drake was
trained in anthropology but aligned more with sociology. I was as-
signed to him as an advisee at Stanford during the year right before he
retired. Fortunately, he continued to work with me and other students
during his emeritus years. At Stanford, his joint appointment was in
African and African American studies, as director, and in the sociol-
ogy and anthropology departments. He had an international reputation
for his work as an Africanist and Diaspora scholar. After co-authoring
Black Metropolis, a classic study of Black Chicago, he did his disser-
tation on race relations in Britain. I had never heard of Drake before
going to Stanford mainly because his work was non-canonical; that is
outside the mainstream of the field. . However, I was fortunately
assigned to Drake as a mentee because I had won an international
research fellowship for doing research in London a year after graduat-
ing from Brown. Drake also did research on race relations in Britain,
(Pictured from left to right) Justin Dunnavant, Emily Castillo, Dr. Faye
Harrison and Justin Hosbey
At McKnight Conference meeting in October 2013.
where he become acquainted with African and Caribbean intellectuals there as students or as expatriates. St. Clair Drake
help to found sociology in the University of Ghana at the behest of Kwame Nkrumah. At Stanford he taught a course on
race and power in the Caribbean which had a significant impact on how I have studied the Diaspora. St. Clair Drake
always spoke about the Diaspora, and his whole life revolved around the Diaspora and by activist intellectuals, many of
them preachers like his father, who was an international organizer for Marcus Garvey. This background is one of the many
reasons why he as an activist scholar. I have reclaimed people like Drake and their scholarship, which is interdisciplinary
rather than easily fitting in the boundaries of any single field. Some of the work I do in the history of anthropology is in
good part because of St. Clair Drake’s mentorship. Since I graduated from Stanford I have continued to work in Jamaica,
where I did my dissertation research in political anthropology, off and on for the past 30 years. My research has also taken
me to a few other places. Here at UF, I created a course on Black American and Black Atlantic Thought which reflects
my interest in the subject of diasporic and global politics. The conversations that Drake and I had regarding the politics of
anthropology, including decision making concerning funding was instructive. Drake himself had been denied many
opportunities within the anthropology establishment due to his race and advocacy approach . Vincent Adejumo: How did the mentorship of St. Clair Drake help you mentor students today?
Dr. Faye Harrison: St. Clair Drake’s mentorship was instrumental in helping me put into perspective the academic poli-
tics of race and gender. He also was very personable and communicated with students largely through his griot style of
storytelling. As for my personal approach to mentoring, I believe in doing unto others as you’d like them to do unto you.
The students I mentor are from various ethnic backgrounds. My expectations are very high, which is why I stress to
students, especially those of color, that they have to be well prepared. If they do substandard work the significance will be
magnified with implications for how students of color are perceived. I am very passionate about what we do in the Afri-
can-American studies program. I believe in cultivating relationships to build a critical learning community that includes
faculty and students. I consider myself to be a lifelong student who learns from the students I mentor. That sense of mutu-
ality affects how I mentor them. I welcome the opportunity to stretch and learn things that are not in my discipline in
order to be of assistance to students. My approach is to deal not only with the student as a scholar but to nurture the whole
person. From this approach, all of the students I mentor feel a sense of community with each other. This is exemplified by
their collaborating on projects that are beyond the curriculum. I have become the figure head in the middle. A lot of my
mentoring is presiding and advising over the projects that they lead. Whatever I do, it must be working because I was
nominated by students for the McKnight mentorship award. I was the only award recipient who was nominated by stu-
dents who were not new Ph.D.’s; in fact, two of the three were not even doctoral candidates yet. I am very pleased that I
was selected by those students (Justin Dunnavant, Brittany Osbourne, Justin Hosbey). I was very inspired by the award
ceremony and will take that positive feedback into my mentoring and advising of other students.
Dr. William Edward
Nelson, Jr. passed
away on May 16,
2013. He was profes-
sor in both the De-
partment of Political
Science and the De-
partment of African
American and African
Studies at the Ohio
State University,
where he served as
chair from 1972 to
1986. Dr. Nelson offi-
cially retired from
Ohio State in 2009
after 40 years of dis-
tinguished service at
the university and
also served as presi-
dent of the National
Conference of Black
Political Scientists,
president of the Af-
rican Heritage Stud-
ies Association, and
chair of the Na-
tional Council for
Black Studies and
vice president of the
American Political
Science Associa-
tion. Not only was Dr.
Nelson a pioneer of
African American
Studies in the
United States, but
was one of the pre-
eminent scholars of
African American
politics. At Ohio
State, he assisted in
the creation and de-
velopment of Ohio
State’s Department
In Memory of Dr. William Edward Nelson Jr
Page 3 Tradition and Transformation
of African American and African Studies. He
also was responsible for the department’s
American and African Studies Community Ex-
tension Center in Columbus, Ohio that allowed
community residents to have greater access to
the university and assisted in the recruitment
of disadvantaged students. As a mentor, Professor Nelson worked tire-
lessly to support and mentor doctoral students
in the discipline of political science, resulting
in the department becoming one of the leading
producers of African American PhDs. He also
served as a mentor to Dr. Sharon Austin
throughout her academic career. Austin cred-
its Nelson for being the greatest influence on
her in her role as a mentor for undergraduate
and graduate students. Dr. Nelson was not
only a mentor, but a friend to all of his stu-
dents and colleagues.
Dr. William Nelson Jr., Professor in Department of
Political Science and African Studies at Ohio State University
Dr. Nelson Addresses Students at Ohio State Uni-
versity early in career
Dr. Alan C. Petigny, an affiliate faculty member of the African American
Studies Program and Associate Professor of History at UF as well as
member of Phi Beta Kappa, passed away on Sept. 24, 2013 at the age of
48 in Gainesville. He was born in Queens, NY, July 5, 1965 and grew up
in New York, Ontario, Canada and Paris, France before moving to
Tampa, Florida in 1981.
Professor Petigny, the son of West Indian immigrants, earned a bachelor’s
degree at the University of South Florida where he graduated with honors
in 1992. He later worked as a policy analyst for the U.S. Congress Joint
Economic Committee before returning to graduate school at Brown Uni-
versity where he earned a doctorate in History in 2003. Alan joined the
history faculty at UF in 2000. In 2009, Cambridge University Press pub-
lished his influential first book, The Permissive Society America, 1941-
1965. In 2010, he was awarded tenure and promotion.
Dr. Petigny taught popular classes on American social and intellectual history, the 1950s and the 1960s. Alan
embraced life fully, deriving great satisfaction from surprising and delighting others, challenging a worthy op-
ponent in a game of racquetball, and teaching and mentoring students. He is remembered as a loving and de-
voted son, beloved brother and uncle, cherished friend and esteemed professor. His impressive accomplish-
In Memory of Dr. Alan C. Petigny Memorial
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In Memory of Dr. Hanes Walton Jr.
Dr. Hanes Walton Jr., a Professor of Political Science at the University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor passed away in January 2013 at the age of 72.
Professor Walton also was a research professor at the Center for Politi-
cal Studies at Michigan and one of the nation’s most prolific scholars of
African American Politics. Walton was born in Augusta, Ga., on Sept. 25, 1941, and was educated
in the public schools of Athens, Ga., where he graduated with honors in
1959. He attended Morehouse College, majoring in political science
and graduating in 1963. He then received a Master of Arts degree from
Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University) and was the first doc-
torate in government at Howard University in 1967. He is a member of
Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Sigma Alpha, and received several other aca-
demic awards. Walton accepted an appointment at the University of
Michigan in 1992 after teaching for several years at Savannah State College and Atlanta University. Professor
Walton wrote several books on black politics including "Invisible Politics: Black Political Behavior, American
Political Parties," "The Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King. Jr.," "When the Marching Stopped: The
Politics of Civil Rights Regulatory Agencies," "Presidential Elections, 1789-2008," and the two-volume work,
"The African American Electorate: A Statistical History." He was a gifted teacher who was known for his ex-
traordinary knowledge of politics, but also for his humor and compassion for his students. In addition, many
African American political scientists were influenced by Professor Walton’s teaching and research skills. He
spent countless hours writing letters so that they could receive tenure and promotion at universities, edited sev-
eral manuscripts for young scholars, and gave them an abundant amount of advice about navigating the aca-
demic process. He will be missed, but his legacy will forever live on.
Emmanuel Agbeko
Gamor graduated as
a University of Flor-
ida Presidential
Scholar with a
Bachelor in Arts in
Political Science
and Minor in Lead-
ership in 2009. As a
Ronald E. McNair
scholar, Emmanuel
Gamor received
several honors and
awards as an under-
graduate at the Uni-
versity of Florida. In
addition to Florida
Blue Key, he served
on the University of
Florida Homecom-
ing Committee, as a
member of the 2007
Preview Staff, on
the J. Wayne Reitz
Union Board of
Managers, as Presi-
dent of Esquire and
Polaris of the
Gamma Omicron
chapter of Iota Phi
Theta Fraternity,
Inc.
Briefly after gradua-
tion, he worked his
way to becoming
the managing editor of a
community newspaper in
the Washington Metro
area. In 2012, he perma-
nently relocated to Ghana
and was lead video &
photo reporter for Ghana
Decides, a non-partisan
social media project to
cover Ghana’s presidential
elections; and his photog-
raphy blog was nominated
in the “Best Photo Blog”
category by the Blogging
Ghana association at the
Ghana Social Media
Awards in March 2013.
Emmanuel currently
works as a business devel-
opment executive and
multimedia journalist with
Global Media Alliance.
He is the co-host of a ra-
dio program, MPwr
(pronounced em*pow*er)
in Ghana, West Africa,
which engages young Af-
rican leaders in weekly
discussions, highlighting
their successes, sharing
their challenges, and fos-
tering positive habits
among this generation of
change-makers and the
next. Mr. Gamor is also
assisting Dr. Hilliard-Nunn
with the Role of Ghana in
the African American Ex-
perience course that will be
offered in June 2014. Ac-
cording to Mr. Gamor,
“Professors in the African
American Studies courses at
UF were timely mentors in
helping shed light on my Af-
rican heritage in the Ameri-
can and African American
context. Their insight during
my research thesis, in-class
discussions and beyond have
been instrumental in shaping
the person I am today and
the impact I get to have back
home on the African conti-
nent and beyond.”
Alumni Corner: Emmanuel Agbeko Gamor
Page 5 Tradition and Transformation
Faculty Profile
Tahiri Jean-Baptiste, 4th
year African American Stud-
ies, English, and Anthropol-
ogy major at the University
of Florida and have had a
significant impact on the
student body at UF and
greater Gainesville commu-
nity since she has enrolled.
Tahiri emigrated from Haiti
to the United States (Palm
Beach, South Florida) in
2002 at the age of nine. Af-
ter graduating from high
school, she enrolled in the
University of Florida in Fall
2010 and immediately be-
came involved with the UF
and Gainesville community
by becoming a Teaching As-
sistant at Bucholtz High
School and becoming in-
volved with the Department
of Languages and Culture.
Since her freshmen year, Ta-
hiri has been actively in-
volved as a student leader:
she has an served as an
Assistant Director of the
Diversity Dance Show-
case, a student mentor for
University Minority men-
tors, and as a Senior Am-
bassador at the UF Insti-
tute of Black Culture. She
chose to major in African
American studies because
she has been able to apply
the lessons and skills ac-
quired while matriculating
through the program to so-
cial, personal, profes-
sional, and academic as-
pects of her life. Addition-
ally, because of the classes
that she has taken for the
major she has acquired a
better understanding of the
inter-social relations of the
citizens of this country.
She posits that African
American studies instructs
its students on the intrica-
cies of critical thinking;
that the nameless, hidden,
and marginalized variables
that form American soci-
ety are thoroughly ex-
plored, celebrated, and cri-
tiqued. She also believes
that the discipline provides
students with valuable his-
tories—integral to under-
standing 21st century
America—that have been
lost to us over the years.
Tahiri is now and forever
thankful for the opportu-
nity to study alongside
the experienced faculty
that the program has to
offer. Tahiri states “I am
graduating in the spring
and I fully intend to con-
tinue my Black Studies
education at the graduate
level. Upon graduating I
will be taking the year
off to gain some work
experience. I will then
pursue a Doctoral degree
in Education Psychology,
primarily focusing on
how structural con-
straints and individual
agency dynamics influ-
ence Black students in
the K-12 classroom. I
fervently believe that
education is this society’s
best strategy for socio-
political equality so I aim
to do everything in my
power to help educate
our black and brown
youth.”
Student Spotlight: Tahiri Jean-Baptiste
Page 6
Emancipation Betrayed? The 150th
Anniversary of the Emancipation
Proclamation, the 50th Anniversary
of the March on Washington, and
the Justice for Trayvon Martin
Movement took place on September
9th in Smather’s Library Room 1A.
Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn
served as a moderator for the
event, introducing Dr. Zo-
horah Simmons, Dr. Paul
Ortiz, and two members of
the Dream Defenders organi-
zation, Nailah Summers and
Shamile Louis. Dr. Zoharrah
Simmons presented on her
experience as a member of
the Student Nonviolent Coor-
dinating Committee in the
early 60’s. From her presenta-
tion, the audience learned a
great deal about the various
disagreements between SNCC
and the Southern Leadership
Conference surrounding the
’63 March on Washington
and the role of women during
the civil rights movement era.
Dr. Paul Ortiz presented on
the history of slavery in Flor-
ida and its effects that it still
has today. Lastly, Nailah and
Shamile presented on their
experience in the Trayvon
Martin case and how they
camped out at the capital of
Florida to convince state rep-
resentatives to address the
stand your ground law. From
their presenatation, the audi-
ence learned that during the
period of them camping out in
the capital, the Dream De-
fenders held numerous work-
Emancipation Betrayed? The 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation
Proclamation, the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, and the Justice
for Trayvon Martin Movement
Page 7 Tradition and Transformation
shops and made many connections
to expand their cause. Dream De-
fender’s current project involves
addressing the school to prison
pipeline and bringing awareness to
the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.
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Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn, Moderator Dr. Zoharah Simmons, Dr. Paul Ortiz, Nailah
Summers, and Shamile Louis
Dr. Paul Ortiz Dr. Zoharah Simmons
Nailah Summers, Dream Defenders Audience of 100+
Page 8 UF Intersections
On Monday October 21st at 6pm in Little Hall room 113, the
African American Studies Program hosted a career and intern-
ship information session. Representatives from Environment
America, the Public Policy and International Affairs Program,
the Summer for Undergraduates Program at Florida State Uni-
versity School of Law, Teach for America, and the White
House Internship Program were present to provide informa-
tion to students about career and internship opportunities. The
Environment America program hires college graduates with
the passion, the commitment, and the talent to stand up to
polluting industries and fight for a green future to join our
Fellowship Program. he Public Policy and International Af-
fairs Program (PPIA) is a national program that prepares
young adults for an advanced degree and ultimately for ca-
reers and influential roles serving the public good. The 2014
Summer for Undergraduates Program will take place May 19
through June 12, 2014. During the four-week program, stu-
dents are engaged in activities covering classroom experience,
law school admissions process, and careers in the law. Teach
for America’s mission is to "eliminate educational inequity by
enlisting high-achieving recent college graduates and profes-
sionals to teach" for at least two years in low-income commu-
nities throughout the United States. The White House Intern-
ship Program provides a unique opportunity to gain valuable
professional experience and build leadership skills. This hands
-on program is designed to mentor and cultivate today’s young
leaders, strengthen their understanding of the Executive Office
and prepare them for future public service opportunities. For
more information regarding these programs contact Dr.
The Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Programs Fellowships
The goal of the PPIA Fellowship Program is to help students achieve a Master’s or joint degree, typically in public policy,
public administration, international affairs or a related field. The organization does this through the intensive study provided
by participation in a Junior Summer Institute (JSI), through partnerships with universities across the country, and through an
alumni network that provides opportunities to connect with nearly 4000 individuals who share the same interest in public
service.
Each year, PPIA seeks out high-potential undergraduate students from universities across the country to participate in an
intensive seven-week Junior Summer Institute (JSI) before their senior year. During their program, fellows are equipped with
the knowledge and skills they will need to succeed in graduate school and ultimately, in influential roles serving the public
good.
Once a student has successfully completed their JSI, they join an alumni network of nearly 4,000 leaders. In addition to the
opportunities that this network provides for mentoring and career development, our alumni network has the opportunity to
receive financial support for their graduate school education if they attend one of the programs in our Graduate School Con-
sortium
Unpaid Internships
The Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Program offers unpaid internships in the Fall, Spring, and Summer terms. These intern-
ships are open to undergraduate Juniors and Seniors and graduate students. These internships are an excellent opportunity to gain sub-
stantial professional experience, engage with prominent leaders from across the country, and gain valuable experience with an entrepre-
neurial, mission-driven organization. Ideal candidates will be motivated self-starters with strong communication skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of
a team. We expect interns to be available to work at least 10 hours/week but we are willing to be flexible with how these hours are
divided. Strong candidates for this position will have outstanding research skills and the ability to synthesize, classify and analyze col-
lected data. This position offers an opportunity to get an inside look at what it takes to develop and manage dynamic programs.
To Apply: Candidates should send a cover letter, resume, and writing sample to [email protected].
The African American Studies Program at the University of Florida depends upon gifts
from alumni and friends to fund student and faculty travel, research, and lecture series.
If you would like to support the program, please consider making your gift today. The
University of Florida Foundation, Inc. is the steward of all private support of the Univer-
sity of Florida. You can give online to The African American Studies Program Fund which makes it
possible for the program to engage in extracurricular activities that promote community
building and public programming. Private sources of funding increase our capacity for
creating a supportive environment for interactions among students, faculty, and the
wider community. Designate African American Studies account F008477. One way to offer a specific contribution is to support the Harry Shaw Travel Fund which
will make it possible for students to travel for research and conference presenta-
tions. Designate African American Studies and list F016689 to build this account. The James Haskins Visiting Scholar Fellowship Endowment Fund honors the memory
of the late James Haskins (1941-2005), a former University of Florida Professor of Eng-
lish and a distinguished writer who interpreted the African American experience. In well
over 100 books, he exposed children and youth readers to the biographies of leading Af-
rican Americans and key aspects of Black culture, social history, and contemporary life.
The scope of his writings also extended beyond Black America to other parts of the
world. The James Haskins Visiting Scholar Fellowship Endowment Fund provides the
critical resources needed to enable African American Studies to host emerging and es-
tablished scholars with research interests that complement some aspect of the scholarly
agenda of faculty within the program. The African American Studies account code to
build this fund is F013759/013760. You may also make a gift of cash, appreciated stocks and bonds, real estate, and
through various planned giving opportunities through the college of Liberal Arts and
Sciences Development and Alumni Affairs office. For more information, please contact
Christy Popwell, Director of Development and Alumni Affairs (352) 215-5636