The University of Rhode Island has appointed Catherine John-Camara, Ph.D., an English professor at the University of Oklahoma who specializes in African American and Caribbean literature, chair of the nearly-year-old Department of Africana Studies.
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Two of our juniors have been selected for prestigious international affairs and public policy programs being held online this summer: Cierra Wornum, a political science and journalism major, and Timothy Berard, a political science and Africana studies major.
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Africana Studies, Anthropology, and Political Science
“In a liberal arts education you’re surrounded by people who are also feeding their curiosities. It produces a campus of passionate students and professors.”
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