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Univ. of North Carolina Greensboro’s Black Studies Program In Top 10 Nationally

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University of North Carolina Greensboro’s African American Studies program has garnered national recognition as one of the top 10 programs of its kind in the country, according to productivity rankings released by Academic Analytics.

Data on faculty research was collected from 383 colleges and universities during the 2010-11 academic year. Among the activities measured were book and journal publications, conference proceedings, federal grants, and professional honors and awards.Rrstaurant

UNCG’s program ranked in the company of Ivy League universities Harvard and Yale, as well as programs closer to home at Duke and Emory.

“I am very pleased by the high rating accorded to UNCG’s African American Studies Program by Academic Analytics, showing that it compares very favorably with some much larger and better-known programs,” said Dr. Timothy D. Johnston, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UNCGf. “This is a well-deserved testimonial to the scholarly accomplishments of our faculty.”

Dr. Tara T. Green and Dr. Omar Ali, the two full-time faculty members in the program, published a combined four books.

“Our national position reflects our commitment to producing scholarship in our specific disciplines and to African American interdisciplinary studies,” said Green, director of the program and associate professor of African American literature and gender studies. “As a result, we are better equipped to help strengthen our students’ ability to analyze cultures locally and globally.”

The news comes as UNCG’s African American Studies program celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Last spring the program graduated its largest class to date, 20 students who earned more than $250,000 in grants to continue their studies at universities such as Duke, Vanderbilt, Rutgers and Berkeley.

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