“I am excited to come back to a familiar place and one with a rich history of leading African American Studies in the United States,” says Taylor, who earned her master’s and PhD degrees from Weinberg College in 20, respectively. Taylor will serve as the Leon Forrest Professor of African American Studies with a secondary faculty appointment at Northwestern’s heralded Institute for Policy Research. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, one of the nation’s premier voices on race and politics, Black social movements and social activism, is joining the Department of African American Studies at Northwestern University’s Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences, returning to the institution – and department – that first energized her scholarly pursuits. The decorated African American Studies scholar and Weinberg College alum returns to Northwestern looking to blend scholarship and social activism
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