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Simone Alexander

Simone A. James Alexander: ‘Resist one-dimensionality’
Learn more about Simone A. James Alexander, Lehigh’s new Director of Africana Studies and a professor of English.
From left, Terry-Ann Jones and Nikole Hannah-Jones

Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of 'The 1619 Project': ‘Our Democracy is in Danger’

Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for the project, spoke at Lehigh Tuesday.

A person watching a 360-degree video with a virtual reality headset.

Valerie Taylor: Using Virtual Reality to Improve Interracial Interactions and Diversity in STEM
Valerie Jones Taylor has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to demonstrate the effectiveness of virtual reality as a training tool to improve interracial interactions and aid in diversifying the STEM pipeline.
Terry-Ann Jones

Four Questions With Terry-Ann Jones, Director of the Africana Studies Program

The new director of the Africana Studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences shares her vision for the program and her hopes for the future.


Terry-Ann Jones Appointed Director of Africana Studies

Jones brings a wealth of experience to Lehigh.


Africana Studies Holds Immersive Technology Expo

From Lehigh to Ghana: A Shea Butter Connection

In Memoriam: William R. Scott

Tavis Smiley Interrogates a Lehigh Audience

'These Are Not Tragedies'