ADS 101
ST: Intro African Diaspora St
Grinnell College · UGRD · Fall 2026
Catalog description
This course introduces students to the key questions, concepts, approaches, and problems in African Diaspora Studies. It centers the varied histories, experiences, ideas, and creativity of people of African descent around the world. Exploring the changing meanings of Africa and Blackness across time, the course examines the formation of race in different contexts. Students analyze how race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, kinship, class, age, and geography shape culture, ritual, ideology, and politics through an interdisciplinary lens. Prerequisite: None.
Sections
Current meeting, instructor, credit, and enrollment details
01
13 openSeats: 12/25 seats Last recorded: Aug 13, 2026, 3:48 PM- Days & times
- Tu Th · 1:10 – 2:30 PM
- Meeting dates
- Aug 27 – Dec 18
- Location
- Humanities and Social Studies A1241
- Instructor
- Thabiti Willis
Section notes
Writing intensive. Faculty will give substantial oral and/or written feedback to students on writing assignments and provide students with opportunities to apply that feedback to future assignments or revisions. At least 50% of the final grade is based on graded writing assignments.