African-American Courses:

2020 Social and Psychological Aspects of the African American Experience (3)

Fulfills Diversity & Soc/Beh Sci Exploration.
Social and behavioral science approach to understanding forces and ideas that have shaped the individual and collective experience of African Americans. Psychophysiology and issues of race consciousness, identity, self-concept, education, public policy, and family relations.

2550 African American Experiences (3)

Fulfills Diversity & Humanities Exploration.
Introduction to African American experience from a humanities perspective. Richness of African American cultural life examined through film, literature, folklore, humor, music, art, and drama.

3760 African American Literature I (3)

Cross listed as ENGL 3760. Recommended Prerequisite: ETHNC 2500 or 2550. Fulfills Diversity.
Important writers of African American literary tradition from 18th century to 1930, beginning with African folklore and ending with works produced during Harlem Renaissance. Wheatley, Walker, Douglass, Dunbar, Washington, DuBois, McKay, Hughes, Larsen, Hurston, and others. Works and writers approached in relation to the cultural, social, and historical background from which they emerged.

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W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King Jr., Edward Brooke

African American Studies - Faculty

Samuels,
Wilfred D.

 Assoc. Prof., English, Ethnic Studies
110 C. Hall, (80) 581-5886
wilfred.samuels@utah.edu

Smith,
William A.

 Asst. Prof., Educ. Cult & Soc., Ethnic Studies
379 MBH, (801) 587-7809
smith_w@ed.utah.edu

Coleman,
Ron G.

 Assoc. Prof., History, Ethnic Studies
218 C. Hall, (801) 5811-6990
rcoleman@utah.edu

Danley ,
Lynette D.

 Asst. Prof., Educ. Leadership & Policy,
Ethnic Studies
339 MBH , (801) 581-5047
lynette.land@ed.utah.edu

Johnson,
Karen

 Asst. Prof., Educ. Cult& Soc., Ethnic Studies
378 MBH, 7-7818
karen.johnson@ed.utah.edu

Malcom X, Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth