College of Arts and Sciences
About the Department

If you desire to be a serious scholar committed to social change and acquiring fundamental human rights for all people and in particular people of African descent, and if you feel that the study of the unique history, society and life of African American people will improve your ability to actively participate in the struggle for social justice for peoples of color, then Africana Studies at Seton Hall University is the major for you. The Department of Africana Studies was founded in 1970 as the Center for Black Studies and now offers the oldest program in the state of New Jersey with a diverse faculty of new and veteran scholar-activists.

News & Events
  • SHU News 2008-2009 AFAM Lecture Series
  • Fiction Author and Professor Karen King-Aribisala kicks off the first lecture of the 2008-2009 Africana Lecture Series.

  • SHU News Evening of Poetry on April 21
  • Poets Abena P. A. Busia and David Mills join us to celebrate National Poetry Month with an evening of poetry on April 21.

Academic Programs
Faculty

The Departmental faculty has a notable record of scholarly publications, practical experience in community service and dedicated involvement in the movement for positive social change.

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Location & Facilities
Arts and Sciences Building

Arts and Sciences Hall. Opened in 1973, the building houses the Ruth Sharkey Academic Resource Center, lecture halls, seminar rooms, conference rooms, classrooms, offices for College of Arts and Sciences faculty and administrative personnel, and a computer laboratory.

The University Libraries have notable resources, including extensive holdings of almost 700,000 book volumes, and 1,127 current periodical subscriptions, back-files of more than 6,500 serial titles, electronic access to full text articles in more than 25,000 journals, a broad selection of indexing and abstracting services in both digital and print formats, various microform collections, music CDs, and audiovisual aids.  A complete listing of database resources can be found at library.shu.edu.

Contact Us

Department of Africana Studies
Telephone  (973) 761-9415

Department Chair

Chair: Simone James Alexander, Ph.D.
Address: Arts and Sciences Hall
Telephone: (973) 275-5881
E-mail: alexansi@shu.edu

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