非洲研究领域记录并传播有关非洲，加勒比海地区，尤其是美国的专门知识体系。我们关注非洲人散居者的经历-非洲人后裔的全球分散-其历史，文学，文化，社会和全球贡献。学生为与非洲国际社会的发展以及纠正由个人和机构种族主义造成的全球社会弊端有关的职业做好准备。学生从植根于非洲人民和非洲侨民的社会和文化历史的严格课程中学习该领域和主题，旨在为从本地和全球环境中面临的挑战提供切实可行的解决方案。
The field of Africana Studies documents and disseminates a specialized body of knowledge about Africa, the Caribbean and especially the United States. We focus on the experiences of the African Diasporas - the global dispersion of peoples of African descent - its history, literature, culture, society, and contributions worldwide. Students are prepared for careers relevant to the development of the African world community and to the rectification of global social ills created by individual and institutional racism. Students approach the field and subject matter from a rigorous curriculum rooted in the social and cultural history of Peoples of Africa and the Africa Diaspora, and designed to provide practical solutions to challenges facing them from both a local and global context.