The Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies has entered its fourth year with a new chair at the helm, Kellie Jones, the Hans Hofman Professor of Modern Art in the Department of Art History and Archaeology and a MacArthur fellow. She has big plans for the department, which include furthering the work done by her predecessor as chair, Professor Farah Jasmine Griffin.
Jones recently discussed her vision for the department with Columbia News, as well as how African American and African Diaspora Studies plays a vital role not only in training students to be active, informed global citizens, but also in producing innovative, socially engaged scholarship, research, and programming.
Read the full interview at Columbia News!
