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Department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies Program

Africana Studies Program

Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary program with a mission of teaching and conducting research in social sciences and humanities fields on the historical and contemporary experiences across the global African Diaspora.

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Cheyenne Dobine

  • Cheyenne joined Sisters in Solidarity, a Northeastern University affinity group for black women, and non-binary femmes. She found a longstanding community with the group.
  • She completed a co-op with Creative License, which inspired her to pursue a career in music supervision highlighting Black artists.
  • Cheyenne declared her minor in Africana Studies during her third year after taking the course Black Popular Culture.
  • She volunteered with Green Line Records and WRBB, Northeastern's radio station. They were great opportunities for her to get to know classmates within her major at Northeastern.
  • Cheyenne completed a research project for her capstone on racial diversity within music supervision.
  • She graduated in 2021.
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Abrielle De Veaux

  • Abrielle found her community on campus with the Black Student Association, and currently serves as vice president.
  • She took Introduction to African American Studies and Black Popular Culture with Professor N. Fadeke Castor, which were especially influential courses.
  • For her first co-op, Abrielle worked as a research assistant at the Center for Cognitive and Brain Health, doing blood processing, data management and organization, and administering cognitive assessments.
  • She conducted research for the Early Caribbean Digital Archive with Professor Nicole Aljoe, digitizing literary works from black, enslaved, Creole, indigenous, and/or colonized people.
  • Abrielle interned at The Opportunity Agenda, a social justice communications lab, where she managed the organization's social media pages and was granted creative freedom to write op-eds.
  • For her most recent co-op, she worked as a Social, Healthcare, and Public Entities Capabilities & Insights Analyst for McKinsey & Company.
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Zainab Adenaike

  • Zainab took Possession, Divination, and Sacrifice in the African Diaspora with Professor N. Fadeke Castor. Being from the culture, she enjoyed learning about Yoruba religion.
  • As a research assistant for the Sociology and Anthropology dept., Zainab worked in collaboration with the ADVANCE office to study how COVID-19 impacted the career path of female professors in STEM.
  • She conducted research with the International Affairs Program, studying Middle Eastern women and changes in educational opportunities throughout history.
  • For her first co-op, Zainab worked as a marketing assistant at the startup LearnLaunch Accelerator, a small venture capital fund that focuses on EdTech companies and provides accelerated programming.
  • She is passionate about her role as the Vice President for Sisters in Solidarity, the black women's coalition on campus.
  • Zainab is also the VP of Marketing for Women in Finance, where she is a part of a community of women who share their experiences and accomplishments in business school and the WIF alumni network.
  • She graduated in May 2023. ..

Africana Studies at Northeastern

Africana Studies is a truly global and interdisciplinary degree. College graduates with Africana Studies degrees have become doctors, lawyers, entertainers, politicians, public health professionals, diplomats, professors, astronauts, journalists, engineers, artists, poets, executives, entrepreneurs, and more! Africana Studies also relates to numerous other fields allowing students to take advantage of the field’s interdisciplinary nature by taking courses in other fields, or by pursuing a double major, combined degree, or a minor in another subject

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