Africana Studies at Penn

We caught up with Professor Jasmine Johnson, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Penn, who joined the department in 2019. Click to read more! https://africana.sas.upenn.edu//15/quick-chat-jasmine-john

Mary Frances Berry, a ‘woman of the century’

The event with Ben Jealous (left) and Sarah Jackson (right) marked the first in a series called Annenberg Conversations, which will examine anti-Black racism in society this academic year.

Barbara D. Savage of Africana Studies shares her thoughts on the vice presidential debate.

Penn professor and researcher Ishmail Abdus-Saboor will receive grants of $50,000 annually for up to three years to fund his research on the neurological science of pain.

Dr. Dorothy Roberts explains the long history of racism in science and medicine and where we go from here.

We caught up with Professor Barbara D. Savage, the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought in the Department of Africana Studies at Penn, who, before March, had been traveling around the globe to conduct research for her latest project. Click to read more. https://africana.sas.upenn.edu//quick-chat-barbara-d-savage