Announcements
Professor Nicole Maskiell Hosts Filmmakers
March 13, 2026
On March 5, Nicole Maskiell, Associate Professor, hosted Askew Pictures for a screening of In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters. The new short documentary by Leslie Askew is grounded in archival research by historian Cornelia Dayton and that illuminates the final years of the first published Black American woman poet. The film traces her marriage to John Peters and her pursuit of family, dignity, and autonomy. Audience members, including students of AAAS 20.02 Race and Archival Silences, took part in a Q&A following a framing discussion between Maskiell and Askew.
Professor Nicole Maskiell takes part in a Q&A with filmmaker Leslie Askew
February 10, 2026
AAAS Associated Faculty member and Associate Professor of Geography Abby Neely has been named a fellow to the American Association of Geographers (AAG). AAG Honors are offered annually to recognize outstanding accomplishments by members in research and scholarship, teaching, education, service to the discipline, public service outside academe and for lifetime achievement. AAG fellows, in particular, is a recognition and service program that applauds geographers who have made significant contributions to advancing geography.
January 22, 2026
Associated AAAS Faculty and Assistant Professor of Sociology, Shay Allen, delivered the 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration with a title "Ever Loyal to Liberation: Our Duty, Our Fight, Our Freedom"