What's Happening

Get the latest news and updates related to Black Studies at Denison University.

2025

Announcements & Updates

2025 Student Commencement Speaker: Jess Cohen ’25

Denison’s 2025 student commencement speaker is Jess Cohen, a history and Black studies double major from Brooklyn, New York.

Date: April 8, 2025

2023

Announcements & Updates, Faculty

Denison welcomes Simone Drake '97 for teaching fellowship

Ohio State Professor Simone Drake joins Denison to teach students during a one-year fellowship.

Date: March 21, 2023

2021

Announcements & Updates

Welcome Dr. Travers

Dr. Christopher Travers offers Denison's social movements course beginning fall 2021

Date: September 15, 2021

2020

Announcements & Updates

Congratulations to the Black Studies Class of 2020

A letter from Prof. Toni King celebrating the Class of 2020.

Date: May 18, 2020

Spotlights

4 questions with English professor Diana Mafe

Mafe talks about her research, teaching practices, and how The Legend of Zelda connects to the liberal arts.

Denison Magazine

The ON Switch

Conversations with faculty about what it means to teach — and to trigger those amazing moments of illumination

Students engaging in classroom discussion

How We Learn

Cultural Critique

Students take their learning and engage with current topics as critics — as they become published authors and add to their résumés.

What's Happening

Alumni

Trading classrooms on The Hill for courtrooms in Washington, D.C.

Jay Jackson ’25 graduated Denison with a degree in Black studies and a passion for the law.

Illustrated graphic featuring black and white images of author Toni Morrison overlapping a map of Ohio and references to her work including Beloved.

Lectures & Discussions

Denison celebrates Ohio author Toni Morrison

Denison partners on a year-long celebration of Toni Morrison taking place across Ohio.

Experiential Learning

Student reports for The Ohio Newsroom

Isabella Stokes ’26 worked alongside editors and journalists to tell the story of Cleveland’s abolitionist legacy.

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Eboo Patel, interfaith leader, to keynote Denison Commencement

Denison appoints Alisa Rosenthal as its next Provost and Chief Academic Officer

A milestone moment for Denison

What's Happening

2025

2023

2021

2020

Spotlights

4 questions with English professor Diana Mafe

The ON Switch

Cultural Critique

What's Happening

Trading classrooms on The Hill for courtrooms in Washington, D.C.

Denison celebrates Ohio author Toni Morrison

Student reports for The Ohio Newsroom