As a haven for intellectual exchange and academic freedom, Northwestern University fosters the sparks of innovation that ignite from collisions across differences.
But such collisions — spanning disciplines, backgrounds, and worldviews — sometimes create conflict. Five Northwestern scholars, whose personal …
Two academic panels composed of Northwestern University faculty will convene to discuss contemporary topics of importance in higher education — biomedical science and engineering and freedom of expression — in the days leading up to the inauguration of President Michael …
Northwestern University’s department of African American Studies will officially change its name to the department of Black Studies.
The department hopes the new name better reflects the breadth of its scholarship and teaching, which encompasses the interdisciplinary study of the …
Mary Pattillo, Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and chair of the Department of African American Studies, has been listed as one of Better magazine’s 2023 Top 10 of Chicago’s Black Women of Impact.
The list celebrates women who …
Mary Pattillo, the Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and chair of the Department of African American Studies, will be awarded the Commitment to Justice Award by the Collaboration for Justice of Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts and the …
It’s an especially golden anniversary for Northwestern University’s Department of African American Studies.
Celebrating its 50th year in 2022, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences-housed department has grown into one of the nation’s premier academic homes for the study …
Mary Pattillo, the Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and chair of the Department of African American Studies, will be inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS).
Professor Mary Pattillo, the Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and chair of the Department of African American Studies was recognized as a leading Black urbanist and pioneer by the American Planning Association in the piece “11 Black Urbanists Every …
Mary Pattillo’s groundbreaking scholarship on the black middle class has made her a celebrated thought leader in her field.
Two of her books, Black Picket Fences (2nd ed. 2013) and Black on the Block (2007), are seminal explorations of race …