Africana and Black Studies Program

College of Arts and Humanities
Ellensburg
Michaelsen Hall, room 104
509-963-1075
https://www.cwu.edu/academics/africana/index.php

Program Director
Bobby Cummings, PhD

Program Faculty
Pedro Xavier Cavazos, MFA, English
Delores Cleary, PhD, sociology
Bobby Cummings, PhD, English
Teresa Divine, JD, LLM, law and justice
M. Eliatamby-O’Brien, PhD, English
Lacy Ferrell, PhD, history
Natashia Lindsey, PhD, threatre arts
Cynthia Pengilly, PhD, English
Nelson Pichardo, PhD, sociology
Todd Schaefer, PhD, political science

Course Offerings
Frequency of course offering information can be found at the department website: https://www.cwu.edu/academics/africana/index.php or by contacting the department directly.

Programs

• Africana and Black Studies Minor

Courses

• ABS 110 - Expressive Black Culture: African American Literary Traditions from Folklore to Rap
• ABS 210 - Intro to the African American Odyssey: Socio-Economic and Political Forces Shaping Black Experience
• ABS 298 - Special Topics
• ABS 299 - Seminar
• ABS 300 - Black Diaspora Studies: Afro-Latin America and Afro-Caribbean Cultures
• ABS 301 - Contemporary Movements and Migrations in the African Diaspora
• ABS 302 - Hip Hop as Global Culture
• ABS 304 - Black Comedy and Satire
• ABS 308 - African American Folklore
• ABS 309 - Race and Sports
• ABS 310 - Black Social Media
• ABS 315 - Black Hair Politics
• ABS 336 - Race and Literature
• ABS 340 - Race and Comics/Graphic Novels
• ABS 360 - Black Women and Gender Studies
• ABS 380 - Black Film and TV Studies
• ABS 385 - Race and Performance
• ABS 396 - Individual Study
• ABS 397 - Honors
• ABS 398 - Special Topics
• ABS 399 - ABS Seminar
• ABS 400 - Afrofuturism
• ABS 496 - Individual Study
• ABS 497 - Honors
• ABS 498 - Special Topics
• ABS 499 - Seminar