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CAS Student Shoutout

Gnagna Sy

Meet junior, Gnagna Sy! She is the vice-president of the JHU Black Student Union, as well as the tech master for Temps D’Afrique Dance Troupe! Gnagna is a Biomedical Engineering […]


Congratulations Shaniah Canterbury!

Shaniah Canterbury

Shaniah Canterbury, a first year majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a minor in Psychology and Africana Studies, will be sponsored by CAS as one of the students in […]


Denae Bradley-Morris and C. Darius Gordon named our 2024-25 Post-Doctoral Fellows

Denae Bradley and C. Darius Gordon

Danae Bradley-Morris (she/her) is Guided by Black feminist perspectives and a reproductive justice praxis, her research focuses on the intersection of reproductive health and mass incarceration. She uses mixed methodologies […]


CAS Faculty Open Letter in Support of Dr. Sherita Golden

Dr. DeWeese and Dr. Sowers, As faculty members in the Center for Africana Studies, we write to express our profound disappointment with Johns Hopkins Medicine’s response to recent attacks on […]


A Taste of Black Freedom

The Center for Africana Studies is pleased to host “A Taste of Black Freedom,” our 2022-23 symposium that explores the history, politics, and knowledges of black foodways in Baltimore, with […]