Jonathan Jasper Wright Institute for the Study of Southern African American History, Culture and Policy

Anticipated Outputs/Results. The anticipated outputs and results of the Institute are as follows:

• Faculty Fellows will produce individual scholarly publications centered around the goals of both Claflin University and the Institute in the following forms: book reviews, articles in peer-reviewed journals, edited compilations/collections/books, single or multi-authored books.
• The Institute will host annual academic conferences in spring inviting academic scholars to present papers related to the interdisciplinary study of southern African American history, culture and policy.
• Every three years, the Institute will edit and publish select papers from its annual conference.
• The Institute will publish scholarship resulting from its ongoing and achievable program of interdisciplinary research.
• The Institute will prepare informed responses to issues of national, regional and local importance related to southern African American history, culture and policy.
•  The Institute will secure grants and funding beyond the University to assist with its activities and program of interdisciplinary research.
• To hold weekly on-going collaborative, planning and discussion sessions as part of the Institute’s Think Tank.