For the first time, Tufts University designing an Africana studies major and establishing a center devoted to “stimulat(ing) research and debate on race and democracy in the United States and around the world.” Founding director, professor Peniel Joseph discusses why on
The Emily Rooney Show.
Tufts University today announced that it is establishing a Center for the Study of Race and Democracy (CSRD). The university-wide center will stimulate research and debate on race and democracy in the United States and around the world.
The announcement comes as Tufts' School of Arts and Sciences prepares to hold its biennial, national conference "Barack Obama and American Democracy" on March 1-3.
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Tufts University is designing an Africana studies major for the first time and opening a center devoted to the study of race and democracy amid a broader push to integrate diversity into the school’s academic fabric.
It is an endeavor long overdue, Tufts students and professors said, coming decades after some peer institutions began granting similar degrees, and having centers of research.
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Tufts will host a conference on
Barack Obama and American Democracy March 1–3, and will establish a Center for the Study of Race and Democracy to stimulate research and debate on those themes in the United States and around the world.
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