Africana and Black Studies Program

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College of Arts and Humanities
Ellensburg
Language and Literature Bldg., room 423

509-963-1546
www.cwu.edu/~africana
See website for how this program may be used for educational and career purposes.

Program Director
Bobby Cummings, PhD, English, Michaelsen Hall, room 133

Program Advisor
Bobby Cummings, PhD

Program Faculty
Professors
Delores Cleary, PhD, sociology, ethnic studies, American Indian studies
Bobby Cummings, PhD, curriculum, rhetoric and composition, African American literature
Paulus Pimomo, PhD, English
Charles Reasons, LLB, criminology, criminal justice, law
Todd Schaefer, PhD, political science

Associate Professors
Lois Breedlove, MA, journalism
Nelson Pichardo, PhD, sociology, ethnic studies

Assistant Professors
Teresa Francis, JD, LLM, criminal law, correctional law
Raymond Hall, PhD, folklore

Lecturer
Karen Francis-McWhite, MA, English

Programs

• Africana and Black Studies Minor

Courses

• ABS 110 - Expressive African American Culture
• ABS 201 - Introduction to Africana Studies Before 1865
• ABS 202 - Introduction to Africana Studies, 1865–Present
• ABS 300 - Black Diaspora Studies
• ABS 302 - Hip Hop as Global Culture
• ABS 303 - African and African American Fiction as History
• ABS 305 - 20th Century Black Women’s Literature
• ABS 306 - African Women: Models in Empowerment
• ABS 308 - African American Folklore
• ABS 310 - Black Diaspora: France and French Caribbean
• ABS 398 - Special Topics
• ABS 400 - Race and Literature

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