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Sep 1 11:00 am

Welcome Back Students - African American Studies Department

Welcome Back StudentsSeptember 1, 202611:00 am - 2:00 pmLocation: Student Center South Bldg.Bayou...

Oct 3 10:30 am

2026 AAS Jazz Jam

JOIN US FOR JAZZ JAM WITH AN R&B TWIST Saturday, October, 3, 202610:30 am - 1:00 pm(Doors open...

Latest News

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August 26, 2026

2026 UH Faculty Award Presented to Dr. Neema Langa

2026 UH Faculty Award Presented to Dr. Neema Langa, Assistant Professor, Sociology and African American Studies. Congratulations! Dr. Langa won the Outstanding Population Health Publication Award.

August 17, 2026

Dr. Kelechi Wright, Assistant Professor is awarded the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing Sub-Award

Dr. Wright has been working on this worthy initiative to research the programs she has in mind for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) for several years. She has been participating in Change Child Welfare Conferences (a Call to Action) since 2025 with specific emphasis of uniting as an International Community to impact change.

April 17, 2026

Dr. Thema Bryant Shares Lessons of Connection at McGovern Lecture

Dr. Thema Bryant, renowned psychologist, author of "Matters of the Heart", and former president of the American Psychological Association, delivered the Spring 2026 John P. McGovern Award Lecture in Family, Health, and Human Values with her JUSTICE of Joy framework.

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Department of African American Studies

4104 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Teaching Unit 2, Room 104
Houston, Texas 77204-2039