anxious1

Does anyone have a sense of what the Indiana PhD in African American and African Diaspora Studies will be like? I know it is the first year of the PhD program but they have had a masters for a while. Anyone know anything about the faculty or the culture of the department? How do you think Indiana would compare to the Afro-Am program at UMass Amherst? My interests are historical/political in the US, if that helps. I think I'm struggling with the decision making process because these interdisciplinary humanities programs feel so risky to me. How are the rest of you doing? Hope everyone has had some good news.

Congrats to all who have been accepted. I was denied at Northwestern, which was rather crushing, but expected. Still waiting on Indiana and UMass. How did you all decide on where to apply? I think UMass looks great, for example, but it doesn't seem to get talked about as much. And the Indiana PhD is brand new.

Did anyone else apply to African-American Studies programs? I applied to a few PhD programs. Northwestern is probably my top choice. It's been difficult finding information about departments and other grad students' experiences etc. Would love to hear where folks applied and why. Hearing from current students would be great too.