Africana and Black Studies Program

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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
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
John Ribó, PhD, English​
Todd Schaefer, PhD, political science

Course Offerings
Frequency of course offerings can be found within the course information.

Programs

• Africana and Black Studies Minor

Courses

• ABS 110 - Introduction to African American Artistic Culture
• ABS 210 - Introduction to Black Experience in the U.S.
• ABS 298 - Special Topics
• ABS 300 - Black Diaspora Studies: Afro-Latin America and Afro-Caribbean Cultures
• ABS 301 - Contemporary Movements and Migrations in the African Diaspora (Put on reserve 9/16/25, will go inactive 8/24/28)
• ABS 302 - Hip Hop as Global Culture
• ABS 304 - Black Comedy and Satire
• ABS 308 - African American Folklore (Put on reserve 9/16/24, will go inactive 8/24/27)
• ABS 309 - Race and Sports
• ABS 310 - Black Social Media
• ABS 315 - Black Hair Politics
• ABS 330 - African American Literature
• 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

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