The center will support research and academic initiatives, artistic efforts and public programming, including exhibits, lectures and conferences, and advance policy proposals that target issues of concern to the African diaspora across the university and the broader community.

The center is led by co-directors Jennie Ward-Robinson, special adviser to the dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and an expert in global health and multilateral government affairs, and Elizabeth West, professor of English and executive director of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association. The founding members of the center include faculty who represent a wide range of disciplines, including African-American studies, biology, chemistry, English, physics and astronomy, public health and women’s, gender and sexuality studies.

For more information about the center, visit: https://csad.gsu.edu/.

https://news.gsu.edu/2020/06/25/georgia-state-creates-center-for-studies-on-africa-and-its-diaspora/

https://www.jbhe.com/2020/07/the-center-for-studies-on-africa-and-its-diaspora-founded-at-georgia-state-university/