非裔美国人和非洲人散居研究（AAADS）的跨学科博士学位集中于美国，非洲人散居和整个世界的非洲人后裔的经历。这些共同的经验（包括奴隶制，解放，帝国主义，非殖民化和种族主义）应引起密切关注，并将这一领域（黑人研究/非洲研究）标记为直接且有力地影响世界历史的独立研究单元，文学和政治。博士学位为您提供了两个不同的方向或专业，以侧重于他们的课程工作-“权力，公民权和国家”以及“种族，代表制和知识体系”，它们反映了当前领域的现状，并利用该部门，其辅助教师，艺术与科学学院和布卢明顿校园的传统优势。在每个方面，学位课程
The AAADS Ph.D. is an interdisciplinary doctoral program focusing on the experiences of people of African descent in the United States, in the African diaspora, and in the world. These shared experiencesamong them, slavery, emancipation, imperialism, decolonization, and racismwarrant close attention and mark this field as a discrete unit of study that bears directly and powerfully on history, literature, and politics. To provide meaningful support and guidance, this degree program offers supportive mentoring, a reflection of our department's 40-year commitment to quality teaching. Students from the state, the nation, and the world are welcome to apply for admission into the program.