Institute of African American Research

07/21/2021

Don't forget to register for the 27th Annual MURAP Conference starting tomorrow at 11AM. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/ydlp5hdu

07/19/2021

Join for their 27th Annual Conference: Justice and Trans-Formation this week Thursday and Friday. Register for the conference here: https://tinyurl.com/ydlp5hdu. Check out the murap website (http://murap.unc.edu) for a schedule of events.

The mission of the Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP) is to contribute in a significant way to achieving diversity in academia by increasing the number of students in the US — both from underrepresented minority groups as well as others with a proven commitment to diversity .....

05/06/2021

Grant Coordinator, Angela Hicks, talks with , Associate Professor and Director of Diversity and Equity Initiatives in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience. They discuss how Shauna and her team at the Strength, Assets and Resilience Lab (StAR) are helping fill gaps in research. Listen to the interview to learn about Shauna's success receiving a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to lead an expansive study of African American fathers and families, with the goal of understanding the key factors related to fathers’ involvement. Check it out here:

Listen to Funding the research and study of African American fathers and families by IAAR UNC on

03/31/2021

EVENT: "On the Politics of Presence: Afro-Asia in the Age of Black Lives Matter" with Dr. Marvin Sterling.

Don't miss out! April 8, 2021 at 4PM. Register here: http://ow.ly/AAn450EdCpX

Professor Marvin Sterling (Indiana University) will present “On the Politics of Presence: Afro-Asia in the Age of Black Lives Matter,” moderated by Diandra Dwyer (UNC alumna, animator and filmmaker in Tokyo). Part of the "Blackness in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies" Speaker Series, presented b...

02/08/2021

The 2021 Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture will feature Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and scholar, , in conversation with IAAR director, . This Tuesday at 5:30PM. Register below!

Henry Louis Gates Jr. The Legacy of Reconstruction and the Rise of Jim Crow Virtual event: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 9 Registration required. A free webinar featuring the literary scholar and filmmaker in conversation with Karla Slocum, director of UNC’s Institute of African American Research. Henry Lou...

02/02/2021

EVENT: 2020-2021 Speaker Series: Blackness in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies with Professor Nadia Y. Kim (Loyola Marymount University and moderated by Morgan Wilson (PhD candidate, UNC History). This Wed., Feb. 3 at 4 PM. Register here: http://ow.ly/18fq50DoADD

01/27/2021

🚨 Join us Friday, Jan. 29 from 4-6 PM as UNC faculty discuss "Saving the House We Built," an engaging discussion about race, democracy, and the attack on the U.S. Capitol. For more information and registration visit here:

A critical conversation about African Americans, democracy and the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

01/25/2021

Looking for guidance on doing research with Black communities? This Wednesday, Jan. 27th at 4:15 PM IAAR director will be a panelist on virtual zoom discussion titled "Research and the Black Community." Registration is required: http://ow.ly/7ocZ50DgY0W

01/20/2021

EVENT: Join us starting next Wednesday at 1PM for the CPPFD talk series. Register here: http://ow.ly/Akb250DdL8x

12/10/2020

of the first year that MURAP (2002) was housed at IAAR. Panelists included E. Patrick Johnson (Northwestern, comm and afro am studies), Jerma Jackson (UNC, history), Keith Clark (George Mason U, english) and Kimberly Nettles (UC Davis, women’s studies).

11/18/2020

Students are learning about race, racism, and racial equity in a transformative way through IAAR-SLATE. Read UNC College of Arts & Sciences' feature on SLATE here:

A new learning initiative that launched this fall is engaging undergraduate students across the University in a transformative understanding of race, racism and racial equity — and equipping them with the skills to carve a path forward.

11/12/2020

Have you heard?

Black Communities Conference will be returning in Spring 2021 with a virtual format. Stayed tuned for dates of and more details on our new virtual format.

We look forward to collaborating!