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  • UC Berkeley African American Studies launches Banned Scholars Project with a Mellon Foundation grant

    Four headshots of Michael Cohen, Tianna Paschel, Nikki Jones, and Ula Taylor.

    March 27, 2024

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    UC Berkeley’s African American Studies (AAS) Department launched a groundbreaking project this week with a $100,000 Affirming Multivocal Humanities grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Banned Scholars Project is a direct response to increasing restrictions on academic freedom, particularly in the fields of critical race theory, DEI and gender studies. It was spearheaded by AAS professors Michael M. Cohen, Tianna S. Paschel and Ula Taylor; department chair Nikki Jones; and managed by staffer Barbara Montano.

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