Stanford University’s African and African American Studies (AAAS) program is now in the process of becoming a department, thanks to a task force recommendation accepted by Dr. Persis Drell, Stanford’s provost, and Dr. Debra Satz, dean of Stanford’s School of Humanities & Sciences, reported Stanford Today.
After accepting the Framework Task Force’s recommendation, Drell and Satz are now forming an AAAS subcommittee that will “consider such details as the intellectual scope of the proposed department, a plan for a curriculum, an assessment of faculty needs and a detailed timeline for implementation.”
Stanford’s AAAS is the first African and African American Studies program created at a private institution in the U.S. It celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019.