The Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, and Institute for Research in African American Studies stand with our students who face arrest, suspension, and police harassment for expressing their constitutional rights of assembly and speech on their campus.
We condemn the reprehensible choice to militarize our shared campus by inviting the intervention of the New York Police Department. This constitutes an unconscionable threat to both free speech and public safety. The university president and leadership must engage student protesters. The NYPD must be immediately uninvited.
Suspended students must be reinstated, suspensions revoked, and disciplinary records of sanctioned students must be expunged.
Columbia University
African American & African Diaspora Studies Department (AAADS)
Institute for Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS)
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2020 AAADS Senior Graduates
CONGRATULATIONS!! On behalf of the African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS) department, the faculty and staff send our heartiest congratulations to all of you.
You have shown remarkable resilience and strength throughout your time here but especially in these last few weeks. We honor your extraordinary efforts and know this is simply the beginning of a life filled with singular accomplishments.
We, the AAADS faculty, are so proud of each of you. We join you and your families in celebrating your achievements on this joyous occasion.
With our warmest regards,
The Faculty and Staff of the African American and African Diaspora Studies department
Kevin Fellezs
Director of Undergraduate Studies
June 05, 2020
Awards and Honorees
Phi Beta Kappa
Andrew Wang
Departmental Honors
Andrew Wang, Marley McAliley
Honors Thesis
Bella Rideau, “The Innanets: Reimagining Spaces of ‘Liberation’ in the Digital Afterlife of Slavery”
Ella Baker Award
Bella Rideau
Ralphe Bunche Award
Alexis Turley-Young
2020 Senior Graduating Class
Majors:
Daniel Igbokwe
Bella Rideau
Alexis Turley-Young
Andrew Wang
Concentrators:
Michelle Bolt
Marley McAliley