Students and Alumni

We encourage you to continue contact and involvement with the AFST Department, Dickinson College and other alumni, and are happy to help facilitate those connections. Continue to visit our Web site & Facebook page to see what exciting things are happening in the AFST Department!

Do you have an update to share? We enjoy hearing from our Africana Studies graduate, and invite you to contact us and let us know what your future plans are, from graduate school and job updates to a new address or life event, so please email us to share your updates!

Additional Opportunities Secured by Africana Studies Majors
WorldTeach, South Africa
U.S. State Department Embassy, Togo
Peace Corps, Rwanda
Peace Corps, Burkina Faso
Internship at the African Burial Ground, New York City
Study Abroad, Cameroon and Egypt
Internship at Africa Action on AIDS, Cameroon

Where are AFST Alumni Now?

Javan Howard '11
Program Assistant (NYS Office of Children and Family Services)
Juvenile Justice AmeriCorps Member
Read more about Javan Howard

Rockyatu Otoo '11
Immigrant Civic Leadership Program (Coro New York Leadership Center)
Double major in Africana studies and women's & gender studies

Atandi A. Anyona '10
Environment Program Officer (One Stop Youth Information & Resource Centre)

Benjamin Hanbury-Aggs '11
Client Liason (Sotheby's)

Tarra Hopwood '11 Read more about Tarra (PDF)
Pipeline Support Specialist (Teach for America)

Grace Perry '11
Crossroads Community Services, Inc. (NYC Coalition Against Hunger)

Corinthia Jacobs '11
Public Affairs & Government Relations Intern (The Nielsen Company)

Ashley Williams '12
High School Teacher (Archbishop Spalding)
M.A. Educational Leadership & Administration (Notre Dame of Maryland University)

Mauricio Torres '12
Graduate Fellow (Syracuse University Sociology Ph.D. Program)

Christina Mullen '12
Community Health Development Agent (Peace Corps)

Elizabeth Stuhr '12 Read more about Elizabeth (PDF)
English Education Volunteer (Peace Corps)

Barbara Crentsil '12
PR & Marketing Consultant (Anthony Maxwell)
Double major in AFST and political science