Awards for Students
Hammon-Wheatley Creative Arts Award
Honoring the lives of Jupiter Hammon (1711- ca. 1806) and Phillis Wheatley (ca. 1753-1784), this Department of Africana Studies award seeks to recognize excellence in the literary, performing, media, industrial, and heritage arts. Hammon and Wheatley were two of this nation’s earliest poets of African American descent. Two awards will normally be given annually to a graduate student and an undergraduate student for an original creation in poetry, dance, music, film, theatre, graphic design, and/or folk art.
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Wright, Flint-Hamilton & Mason Award
The Wright, Flint-Hamilton, and Mason Award, also known as the Directors’ Award, is normally given on an annual basis to a graduate student and an undergraduate student. The award honors three prior directors of the African and African American Studies Program whose leadership enabled AFAM to contribute substantially to the Notre Dame and greater Michiana communities. This award seeks to recognize excellence in research on a topic exploring social, political, economic, and/or cultural aspects of the African and African American Diaspora.
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Africana Studies Book Award For Community Spirit and Service
The AFAM Book Award honors outstanding academic achievement and community service. Two awards will normally be given each academic year to a graduate student and an undergraduate who have excelled in the aforementioned areas. Faculty, staff, university administrators, and students may nominate candidates from the Notre Dame student body.
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