Welcome to AFPL!
The Department of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies is an interdisciplinary program combining humanities and social sciences approaches in the College of Arts and Sciences. The curriculum of the department is devoted to the exploration and analysis of the history and culture of two heritages; African people in the Americas, the Caribbean, and Africa and Puerto Rican people. The duality of approaches and heritages makes the structure of the department unique and its curricula offerings challenging. Where it is applicable, the similarities and experiences of the two societies are emphasized but, generally speaking, the curriculum treats the two sequences as separate entities attempting to offer students of all backgrounds an alternative approach to the prevalent Eurocentric perspective.
Chair:
Dr. Ehiedu Iweriebor
Dept. Advisor & Africana Sequence Director:
Prof. Jaafar Kassem-Ali
Puerto Rican/Latino Sequence Director:
Prof. Harry Rodriguez
Administrative Assistant:
Ms. Barbara Saunders
Departmental Office: 1711, Hunter West
Phone: (212) 772-5035 |
Fax: (212) 650-3596
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