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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Obama Scholars from the 2026-27 cohort, posing as a group on campus outdoors
Announcing the 2026-27 Cohort of Obama Scholars at Â鶹ÊÓƵ
Occidental proudly welcomes the new cohort of Barack Obama Scholars: eight exemplary students from around the world who will take part in the prestigious leadership training...
Professor Derrick Spires headshot with glasses and grey coat
Derrick R. Spires Named 2026 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence
Spires, a specialist in early Black print culture, citizenship studies, and African American intellectual history, is an associate professor of English at the University of...
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Professor of Black Studies Erica Ball headshot
Prof. Erica L. Ball Elected to Membership in American Antiquarian Society
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ professor of Black Studies joins a 212-year-old national research library and community of learners dedicated to discovering and sharing a deeper...
A smiling Deirdre Cooper Owens sitting at a desk with a green jacket
Deirdre Cooper Owens Named 2025 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence
Cooper Owens, a historian, teacher, and reproductive justice advocate, is an associate professor of history and Africana studies at the University of Connecticut.
Monica White headshot in a colorful dress in front of tall sunflower plants
Monica M. White Named 2024 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence
White, an Andrew Carnegie Fellow, is the Distinguished Chair of Integrated Environmental Studies and associate professor of environmental justice at the University of Wisconsin...
Ashon Crawley, artist, in his studio
Ashon Crawley Named 2023 Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence
Crawley is a scholar, artist, and associate professor of religious studies and African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia.
Dr. P. Gabrielle Foreman
Foreman To Speak on the Forgotten History of 19th-Century Black Activism
Literary historian, digital humanist and 2022 MacArthur Fellow P. Gabrielle Foreman will speak on "Why Didn’t We Know?!: The Forgotten History of the Colored Conventions and 19th...
Five Â鶹ÊÓƵ Faculty Honored for Teaching, Scholarship and Service
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Faculty Honored for Teaching, Scholarship and Research
Five Â鶹ÊÓƵ professors were honored for exceptional teaching, scholarship and service Sept. 13 in the College’s annual faculty awards ceremony.
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