Africana Studies Becomes a Department | Bowdoin College
Africana Studies Becomes a Department More than half a century after it was established at Bowdoin, the Africana Studies Program is now becoming a fully fledged academic department. The symbolic but significant change was announced at the March 9 faculty meeting and is effective immediately. “This move signals to the College that Africana studies is a discipline with a specific set of methods and conventions that can be learned through the major we’ve crafted,” says Peter M. Small Associate Professor of Africana Studies and English Tess Chakkalakal, who is also chair of the new depart...