The newly established Department of Black Study is in the midst of its first full year! We welcomed our first students, hired new faculty, created exciting new programming, and partnered with departments, artists, scholars, and activists nationwide. A few of our exciting achievements include:
- The approval of our first graduate courses
- Approval of 9 new undergraduate courses and a series of online undergraduate and graduate courses
- Establishment of a national fellowship for queer and transgender artists
- Support of a faculty-led research laboratory for transgender artists, activists, and scholars
- Celebration of the promotions of a Distinguished Professor and Tenured Professor
- Co-sponsorship and collaboration with departments across CHASS that include topics on abolition, blackness and indigeneity, care, and disability.
- Launching a new and engaging department website: https://blackstudy.ucr.edu/
We maintain our vision of a collaborative, transformative, and innovative curriculum for students who are interested in research and creativity centered in a global, diasporic, and future-oriented study of Black life, culture, history, and possibility.
Join us in shaping this transformative department and make a gift today!
