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Introduction /Jeanette R. Davidson --African American Studies :discourses and paradigms /Perry A. Hall --Afrocentricity and Africology :theory and practice in the discipline /Molefi Kete Asante --Town and gown :reaffirming social responsibility in Africana Studies /Charles E. Jones and Nafeesa Muhammad --Reflections on the journey :interview with Danny Glover ; Black Studies for the public :interview with Manning Marable /Jeanette R. Davidson --Africa and its importance to African American Studies /Tibor P. Nagy, Jr. --Black Studies in the UK and US :a comparative analysis /Mark Christian --Africana Studies and oral history :a critical assessment /Leslie M. Alexander and Curtis J. Austin --African American Philosophy :through the lens of struggle /George Yancy --Song and dance nexus in the Africana aesthetic :an approach /Melanie Bratcher --Perspectives on Womanism, Black feminism, and Africana Womanism /Maria D. Davidson and Scott Davidson --Theorizing African American Religion /Victor Anderson --African American Studies :vital, transformative, and sustainable /Jeanette R. Davidson and Tim Davidson.

A Companion to African-American Studies is an exciting and comprehensive re-appraisal of the history and future of African American studies. Contains original essays by expert contributors in the field of African-American Studies Creates a groundbreaking re-appraisal of the history and future of the field Includes a series of reflections from those who established African American Studies as a bona fide academic discipline Captures the dynamic interaction of African American Studies with other fields of inquiry

This article offers insights into conceptual, pedagogical, and programmatic crossings and conflicts between the fields of Environmental Studies and Ethnic Studies. It highlights both the important intersections between the two fields and their potential value, while also addressing the challenges posed in the development of programmatic collaborations. Utilizing case studies drawn from the author's own experiences, the article's focus is on harnessing the strengths and limitations of both fields to promote transformative knowledge and action at multiple scales.

That there is a strong historical intellectual tradition of African Americans studying Africa is news to some. That there remains a demand among African Americans in the United States to study Africa is also a surprise. That these ideas are challenging to some is ludicrous to others. For many African Americans in African studies, affirming our engagement with Africa over and over is not only a nuisance but also a waste of precious time and intellectual energy. After countless efforts, many African Americans have simply disengaged, refusing to have these futile conversations. Others bear witness in perpetuity to the defense of Black nationality and global Pan-Africanism for themselves, the race, and the enlightenment of disbelievers. Both groups act with calculated rationality, yet denials of African Americans' interest in, engagement with, and effect on African studies abound. The denial within the community of scholars comes mostly from White Americans but also from continental Africans and other African Americans.

While the United States wrestles with a college completion crisis, the Division of Institutional Research at San Francisco State University found a high correlation between Ethnic Studies curriculum and increased student retention and graduation rates. Majors and minors in the College of Ethnic Studies graduated within six years at rates up to 92%. Those who were neither majors nor minors in Ethnic Studies also boosted their graduation rates by up to 72% by taking just a few courses in Africana Studies, American Indian Studies, Asian American Studies, Latina/Latino Studies, or Race and Resistance Studies. Faculty in the College of Ethnic Studies demonstrated significant levels of high impact instruction in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) and senior exit surveys as compared with their colleagues across the university.