Department

Africana Studies

13 active people

21 grants

Recent Grants

Magic Portal Books Project "Biggest Little Treasure"
2024·$6.2K
children's literature, fantasy, interactive storytelling, education, exploration
Association of African American Museums
2024·$6K
african american, museums, association, culture, history
Zybrena -Creative Extraordinarie
2024·$4.8K
creative expression, artistic innovation, design, personal branding, marketing
Connect Arizona Now: Digital Inclusion for Underserved Students and Communities of Southern Arizona (CAN)
2023·$3.1M
digital inclusion, underserved communities, education access, southern arizona, community engagement
Shifting Landscapes: Labor and Mobility in New Orleans
2023·$11.7K
labor, mobility, new orleans, shifting landscapes, social dynamics
Converting the Mountain View Officer's Club Matterport Experience to a standalone Web-Based Tour
2023·$4.2K
virtual tours, web development, 3d visualization, user experience, interactive media
Virtual Reality Model of the Fort Huachuca East Range
2022·$128.9K
virtual reality, fort huachuca, east range, modeling, simulation
Preserving BIPOC Expatriates' Memories During Wartime and Beyond: Building a Volumetric Archiving Platform for Immersive Storytelling and Humanities Pedagogy
2022·$49.4K
cultural preservation, wartime experiences, immersive storytelling, humanities pedagogy, archiving technology
Augmenting the 230 mile Civil Rights Trail from Selma, Alabama to Atlanta, Georgia
2022·$26.4K
civil rights trail, historical tourism, community engagement, urban development, cultural heritage
Considering Everyone - Ethical Uses of AR/VR
2021·$75K
virtual reality, augmented reality, ethics, inclusivity, technology
Connected Faith: A Digital Black Religion Project
2022·$50K
digital religion, connected communities, religious studies, digital humanities, cultural heritage
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) History and Culture Access Consortium Training
2022·$20K
education, diversity, history, equity, training
Discovering Community in the Borderlands through the Digital Humanities Lab
2021·$191K
community, digital humanities, borderlands, discovery, lab
Thunder of War - Winds of Return
2020·$98.9K
warfare, conflict, history, return, reconciliation
Afro-Centric History of Arizona and the South West
2020·$5.4K
african american history, arizona history, southwest history
VCEC Project
2020·$5.4K
engineering, construction, environmental, civil, urban planning
Buffalo Soldiers in Arizona
2020·$4.8K
military history, african american history, arizona history, racial segregation, wild west
Friday-at-the-Fort/Morning Muster Field Trips
2020·$2.5K
education, cultural heritage, field trips, historical reenactment, community engagement
In Search of the Colored Girl: Providing Web-Based, Public Access to a Collection of 3D Scanned Artifacts, Honoring and Documenting the Stories, Experiences, and History of Ordinary Colored Girls...
2019·$45K
cultural history, digital archives, representation, social justice, artifacts preservation
SCC-IRG TRACK 2: A Novel Architecture for Secure, Energy-Efficient Community-Edge-Clouds with Application in Harlem (SEEC HARLEM)
2017·$1.1M
cloud computing, cybersecurity, edge computing, energy efficiency, community networks

People

Awndrea Caves
Summer Session Instructor - Only Job
Bryan Carter
Professor
DeAnna Daniels
Assistant Professor
Bayo Ijagbemi
Professor of Practice
Johnny Castro
Instructor
Johnny Bowens
Senior Lecturer
Jennifer Donahue
Associate Professor of Practice
Jerome Dotson
Assistant Professor
Mary Pierce
Lecturer
Nadia W-Charles
Assistant Professor
Yuxuf Abana
Lecturer
Tani Sanchez
Professor of Practice
Praise Zenenga
Department Head