The University of Toledo

What Can Our Africana Studies Program Provide?

	Exposure to the distinctive intellectual tradition as well as the core ideas and approaches of Africana Studies.
	Preparation to assume leadership in environmental organizations and to pursue sustainability entrepreneurship.
	Proficiency in thinking clearly and critically and in writing analytically about complex concepts and theories (i.e., broadly transferable skills).
	Knowledge of the ways the field of Africana Studies prepares individuals for diverse and important careers.
	Intellectual satisfaction gained through an appreciation for Africana Studies’ intrinsic-value.
	Announcement: New Institute on Southern Africa

At its core, the Sustainable Development focus of Africana Studies at The University of Toledo seeks to increase and enhance environmental leadership in and from low-income and minority communities. Our Africana Studies program is a forerunner in the field due to its early concentration on sustainable development. Students in Africana Studies at UT, through an innovative curriculum, learn the general knowledge of this field of study and also gain an in-depth background of the themes and issues that define sustainable development and environmental justice.

Dr. Rubin Patterson, the Africana Studies program director, has published broadly on sustainability issues in peer-reviewed journals and book publications. In 2013, his book, the first that organically connects Africana Studies and Sustainability Studies, will be published by the Temple University Press.

Jeff Johnson, a UT alumnus and a student leader during the early 1990s who helped to establish Africana Studies at UT, funds andremains actively involved in an endowed scholarship open to Africana Studies majors and minors.

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