The Archibald Campbell Jordan Prize is awarded annually for the best graduate student paper in African Studies in honor of A.C. Jordan’s trailblazing career in the field. This year, Dorothy Lsoto was selected for her …
Awards
Undergraduate Fellowships for Research & Community Engagement (2026)
Undergraduate research and community engagement projects continue to be some of the most compelling examples of the Wisconsin Experience and often defining experiences for our students. Our success in involving and supporting undergraduates in collaborative …
Yinka Ajibola’s Summer 2025 Travel to Kenya
Bio Yinka Ajibola is a Ph.D. candidate at the Information School with a minor in African Studies. He earned his undergraduate degree in International Studies and Economics from Iowa, a Master’s degree in Political Science …
2023-2024 Undegraduate FLAS Recipients
“I applied for the FLAS program because I had an express interest in becoming fluent in my native language, Yoruba. Growing up within the American school system, it was unheard of to gain experience in different …
Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoue Wins 1st Runner Up for Award from the African Studies Association of Africa
Congratulations to Dr. Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué, Associate Professor of African Cultural Studies at UW-Madison, for being named this year’s 1st Runner Up for the African Studies Association of Africa’s Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence …
The 2023 A.C. Jordan Prize Winner: Erin Kitchell’s Award-Winning Dissertation
Erin Kitchell, winner of the A.C. Jordan Prize 2023, wrote her award-winning dissertation on the environment, climate change and public policy in West Africa. After attending Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, earning undergraduate degrees …
Claire Wendland nominated for national book prize
Claire Wendland, faculty affiliate of the African Studies Program and Professor and Chair of UW’s Department of Anthropology, has been nominated for two national prizes from the African Studies Association. Wendland has been nominated for …
Congratulations to Professor Katrina Daly Thompson and African language program director, Dr. Adeola Agoke
Congratulations to Professor Katrina Daly Thompson, Professor of African Cultural Studies, and Adeola Agoke, Teaching Assistant Professor and Director of the African Languages Program, for securing a competitive $300,000 grant from the United States Department of Education under the International …
Congratulations to Upenyu Majee for 2017 NAed/Spencer Fellowship
Seven of the 2017 NAed/Spencer Fellowship recipients are scholars from UW-Madison’s own School of Education. Among them is Upenyu S. Majee, academic coordinator for the State Department-funded Mandela Washington Fellowship/Young African Leaders Initiative. He holds …
Nominations open for the Jordan Prize
Since 1969, the African Studies Program has awarded the A.C. Jordan Prize to a UW-Madison graduate student for the year’s best paper on Africa. Nomination Procedures for the 2016 competition To be considered for the …