2025
Experiential Learning
Isabella Stokes ’26 worked alongside editors and journalists to tell the story of Cleveland’s abolitionist legacy.
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In the News
Price holds a master's degree from George Mason University and is currently a doctoral student at Ohio State University.
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Announcements & Updates
Denison’s 2025 student commencement speaker is Jess Cohen, a history and Black studies double major from Brooklyn, New York.
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2024
Students, Faculty
Students learn through dialogue with the executive director of a national museum and they engage with high school youth.
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In the News
Professor Diana Mafe says "Wakonda Forever" breaks a mold but its "success does not mean a wider shift in the industry."
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2023
Film Screenings
"Shutdown," by Simone Drake ’97, reflects the escalating racial tensions in 1971 that gripped Linden-McKinley High School
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Faculty
On Thursday, Sept. 7, the Center for Black Studies welcomed Dr. Simone Drake back to campus as the Black Studies Scholar-In-Residence for 2023-2024.
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Faculty
"Wakanda Forever" lifts up Black women—but only so far, says Professor Diana Mafe.
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Announcements & Updates, Faculty
Ohio State Professor Simone Drake joins Denison to teach students during a one-year fellowship.
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Alumni
Kristina K. Bethea Odejimi '06 joins Emory University as dean of students and associate vice president for belonging, engagement and community.
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Awards & Honors
Jay Jackson ’25 wins Denison’s Joe Hines ’04 Award, which recognizes a student with a keen interest in diversity, serving others, and leadership.
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Lectures & Discussions
Faculty Panel will be held discussing the Critical Scholarly Perspectives of the recent film Wakanda Forever.
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Film Screenings
Denison's Third Annual Middle East Film Festival in Herrick Hall on Thursdays at 6pm during the month of February.
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2022
In the News
Professor Toni King remembers friend and fellow Denison faculty member Terrance Dean, Ph.D.
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Denison Magazine
True to its occupant, John Jackson’s office is a quiet space — personal, distinctive.
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Faculty
Black people make up 13.2% of Ohio’s population, and yet, they account for 20% of opioid overdose deaths so far this year, says Shuler.
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Faculty
In this podcast, three Denison professors discuss why Black girls are judged as if they're adults, which has significant ramifications today.
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Field Trips
Black Studies students experience civic engagement in action.
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Denison Magazine
Conversations with faculty about what it means to teach — and to trigger those amazing moments of illumination
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2021
Awards & Honors
Rev. Timothy Carpenter, Denison's Coordinator of Gospel Studies and Adjunct Chaplain will be honored as the 2021 Legacy Award Recipient.
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Announcements & Updates
Dr. Christopher Travers offers Denison's social movements course beginning fall 2021
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In the News
Cancel culture emerges to "takedown" behaviors that represent implicit bias, but research shows we all carry bias, says Prof. Toni King.
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2020
In the News
Study by DU Faculty Robert Bennett III notes that Black athletes' potential to connect with voters can be larger than that of politicians.
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Featured News
A partnership with Columbus Public Health gathers students, faculty, and health experts to address today’s most pressing public health crises.
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Internships
A new partnership with Columbus Public Health offers internships and opportunities to uncover issues of racism in public health.
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In the News
Asst. Prof. Robert Bennett's research has found that black athletes' activism inspires more African Americans to get politically involved.
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Awards & Honors
Toni King, associate professor and director of the Black Studies Program, has been awarded the 2020 Brickman Leadership Award.
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Announcements & Updates
A letter from Prof. Toni King celebrating the Class of 2020.
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2019
Lectures & Discussions
Dr. Sarah Derbew discusses the ancient and modern intersections of blackness, race and identity.
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In the News
Bowdoin College has appointed Kristina Bethea Odejimi '06 as Dean of Students. Odejimi was an anthology/sociology & Black Studies double major.
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