Did You Know

Dr. Carole Boyce Davies, professor and English Department Chair, presented a symposium titled Black Left Feminist Praxis and African Diaspora Theorizing: The Scholarship of Carole Boyce Davies was held at the  Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell University as a recognition of her Professor Emerita status and close to 20 years service to the university.  

Alum Jasmine M. Ellis just founded Willow x Arch - a global movement that centers and uplifts Black women and girls through storytelling, while preserving their narratives and history in media and entertainment. The network cultivates community among women and girls from Black communities by empowering and encouraging them to occupy space unapologetically—across podcasts, television, advertising, and every form of storytelling imaginable.

Congratulations to CCMS PhD student Ayanna Muhammad on participating in a panel discussion at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education. She also received the 2025 Arts and Humanities Fellowship Grant from DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (Spoken Word Artist.

Sarah Breyfogle, PhD candidate recently published The Black Fandom Identification Social–Psychological Model: A framework for understanding Black fan formation and benefits in the Journal of Fandom Studies.