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How to declare a major in African American Studies

Four Easy Steps!

No more than two courses used to complete the minor in African and African-American Studies may overlap with courses used to complete another concentration or minor.

  • 1:   Choose an adviser from our faculty; discuss your courses and interests; draw up a plan for fulfilling the major requirements.  Any of these professors can advise you:

    • Jeffrey Tucker, Director
    Frederick Douglass Institute, Morey 303
    (585) 275-7235
    English Dept., Morey 418
    (585) 275-2064
    jeffrey.tucker@rochester.edu

    Cilas Kemedjio,
    Curriculum Director
    Frederick Douglass Institute, Morey 316
    (585) 275-9207
    Modern Languages & Cultures Dept., Lattimore 407A
    ciko@mail.rochester.edu

    John Michael
    English Dept., Morey 417
    (585) 275-4974
    jnml@troi.cc.rochester.edu

    Victoria Wolcott
    History Dept., RRL 449
    (585) 275-4756
    wolc@mail.rochester.edu

    Sharon Willis
    Art and Art History, Morey 517
    (585) 273-5621
    swls@mail.rochester.edu

    Larry Hudson
    History Dept., RRL 460
    (585) 275-4557
    larry.hudson@rochester.edu

    Joan Saab
    Art & Art History,
    Morey 423A
    (585) 275-7922
    joan.saab@mail.rochester.edu

    Valeria Sinclair-Chapman
    Political Science Dept., Harkness 316
    (585) 275-7552
    valeria.sinclair-chapman@rochester.edu

  • 2:  Fill out the form that is, the blue Rochester Curriculum Registration Form, available from the College Center for Academic Support, Lattimore 312. You can fill it out yourself, or fill it out with the help of your adviser.
  • 3:  Get the signature of the Frederick Douglass Institute’s Curriculum Director. You can do this by visiting the Curriculum Director in person or by leaving the form for him to look over and sign in Morey 302.
  • 4:  Take your completed form to:  the College Center for Academic Support in Lattimore 312.

Congratulations!  You are now an AAS major!

For more information in African and African-American Studies contact:
The Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies
302 Morey Hall, Tel: 5-7235, FDI@mail.rochester.edu,

Professor Cilas Kemedjio, Curriculum Director
Morey Hall 316, Tel: 5-9207, ciko@mail.rochester.edu

Frederick Douglass
Institute for African and
African-American Studies
Morey 302
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627
585.275.7235
fdi@mail.rochester.edu