When Howard Rambsy II, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Department of English Language and Literature, began working at the university in 2003, Earleen Patterson, PhD, Associate Vice Chancellor and director of Student Opportunities for Academic Results (SOAR), invited him to make a brief visit to a class for first-year African American men and offer a few suggestions. That brief visit turned into more than 20 years of teaching, listening to and..."Black Studies" News
SIUE’s Howard Rambsy II, PhD, Chronicles 20 Years of Learning with Black Men Students in New Book
6 October 2026, 4:03 PM
When Howard Rambsy II, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Department of English Language and Literature, began working at the university in 2003, Earleen Patterson, PhD, Associate Vice Chancellor and director of Student Opportunities for Academic Results (SOAR), invited him to make a brief visit to a class for first-year African American men and offer a few suggestions. That brief visit turned into more than 20 years of teaching, listening to and..............................................................
SIUE’s Howard Rambsy II Co-Authors New Book on Black Writers and Literary Reception
17 September 2026, 9:30 AM
For years, Howard Rambsy II, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Department of English Language and Literature, and his brother, Kenton Rambsy, a professor of literature at Howard University, collected data on African American writers, tracking how newspapers, anthologies, scholarly journals and other institutions shaped public awareness of Black authors.
Their research became the foundation for “One Black Writer at a Time: How Literary C...
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Hallowed Ground: SIUE Students Examine Civil Rights History in Montgomery, Alabama
6 August 2026, 4:00 PM
Four Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students spent the first part of their summer immersed in civil rights history at the sites where it unfolded, traveling to Montgomery, Alabama.
“HIST 101: ‘Hallowed Ground: Civil Rights Pilgrimage and Historical Memory’” is a Maymester course led by two professors of history at SIUE: Tandra Taylor, PhD, assistant vice chancellor for educational pathways and community engagement and executive director of the SIUE Freedom S...
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