非洲和非裔美国人研究系提供非裔美国人和非裔美国人研究博士学位，该学位确定了整个非洲侨民在理论，概念和方法上的协同作用。出于对种族，种族主义，奴隶制，殖民主义，后殖民主义，现代性和其他理解非洲和美洲的概念性工具的共同关注，鼓励学生认真思考非洲侨民内部的相似之处，差异和联系。该计划在人文和社会科学方面提供严格的跨学科培训，重点是学科领域，从而获得博士学位。几乎所有博士学位获得者都在全国各大学的多个部门中获得了学术或专业职业的保证。它们可以在美国研究，非裔美国人和非裔美国人研究，英语，历史，历史和文学，音乐，政
The Department of African and African American Studies offers a doctoral degree in African and African American studies, which identifies synergies in theory, concept and method across the African Diaspora. Given shared concerns around race, racism, slavery, colonialism, post-colonialism, modernity and other conceptual apparatuses for understanding Africa and the Americas, students are encouraged to think robustly about the similarities, differences and linkages within the African Diaspora. The program affords rigorous interdisciplinary training in the humanities and the social sciences, with a focus in a disciplinary field, leading to the PhD. Nearly all PhD recipients have secured academic or professional careers in a variety of departments in universities throughout the nation. They can be found in American studies, African and African American studies, English, history, history and literature, music, political science, religion, social studies, and women's studies. They also make substantial contributions to society through careers outside of the academy.