African American Studies Program

Leadership

• Cornelius Lyn Bynum - Director of African American Studies and Associate Professor of History

Contact

211 Longstreet Hall
University, MS 38677
CLBYNUM1@OLEMISS.EDU
http://aas.olemiss.edu/

Overview

The African American studies program offers a minor and the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in African American studies, which are interdisciplinary programs that focus on the African American experience in the United States, especially in Mississippi and the South. Its objectives are to encourage students and faculty to examine the black experience, to facilitate a cultural and intellectual atmosphere on campus that will be favorable to such studies, and to undertake a program of research and service.

Faculty in African American Studies Program

Cornelius Lyn Bynum

Director of African American Studies and Associate Professor of History
208 Longstreet Hall
University, MS 38677
clbynum1@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5977

Owen Hyman

Instructional Associate Professor of African American Studies
215 Longstreet Hall
University, MS 38677
ojhyman@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5977

Charles K Ross

Professor of History and African American Studies
203 Longstreet Hall
University, MS 38677
cross@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-5978

Emeritus Faculty

Kirk Anthony Johnson

Professor Emeritus of African American Studies
305 Longstreet Hall
University, MS 38677
kjohnson@olemiss.edu — UM Profile
1 (662) 915-6505