AAPHI Fellows are matriculated graduate students in the either the Department of English, Department of History or the Department of Art History.  They will take courses, attend workshops and training ops and find internship opportunities and mentors in the following departments:

Africana Studies provides students with a broad critical exposure to the multidisciplinary study of people and cultures of African descent in the United States as well as the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa and Europe. Courses in Africana Studies develop critical skills in the analysis of social, cultural, political and economic factors that influence their status and overall well-being. AFRA courses and program experiences prepare students to participate in society with a firmer understanding of the dynamics of race and culture that may affect them. The program provides students the opportunity to experience other cultures in the African Diaspora outside of the United States; engage in research, and develop practical understanding of issues of social justice in communities, institutions and social policies.

Kimberly Blockett blockett@udel.edu Professor and Chair Department of Africana Studies

Monica A. Coleman colemanm@udel.edu Professor & Graduate Chair Department of Africana Studies

 

The M.A. and Ph.D. programs of the Department of Art History at the University of Delaware provide study in the history of art from ancient to modern times, with special strengths in Western European and American art. The facilities of the University Museums on campus enable students to study original works of art, including the Paul R. Jones Collection,  and to organize special exhibitions. The Department has a cooperative program with the Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics, and History of Art at Bryn Mawr College and also with the Department of the History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania; graduate students enrolled at each institution may take courses at the other without additional fees.

 

Sandy Isenstadt isnt@udel.edu Professor and Chair Department of Art History

Jennifer Van Horn jvanhorn@udel.edu Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies; joint appointment with History Department of Art History

 

The Department of English offers a highly competitive program, and in our five-year direct-to-PhD program students will earn the MA and PhD by studying with an internationally distinguished faculty of over forty full-time professors. Our programs have strengths in a number of areas in literary and cultural studies, including Black Cultural Studies, 19^th century American literature, Environmental Humanities, Material Culture studies, Gender and Sexuality, Writing Studies, and Early Modern literature.

John Ernest jrernest@udel.edu Named Professor & Chair Department of English

Emily Davis edavis@udel.edu Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, English Department of English & Africana Studies

 

The Department of History offers M.A. and Ph.D. programs in American and European history and more limited graduate study in Ancient, African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern history. In addition, we sponsor interdisciplinary doctoral programs in the History of American Civilization (in cooperation with the Winterthur Museum) and the Hagley Program in Capitalism, Technology, and Culture (in conjunction with the Hagley Museum and Library). The department maintains close ties with the University’s Center for American Material Culture and Museum Studies certificate program, through which students, as a supplement to their training in history, may prepare for careers with museums and historical organizations. The History Department also participates in the University’s African American Public Humanities Initiative.

Owen White owhite@udel.edu Interim Chair H. Fletcher Brown Chair of Humanities and Professor

Cindy Ott cott@udel.edu Associate Professor & Director, Graduate Programs Department of History