NAAAS & Affiliates Joint National Conference

The National Association of African American Studies and Affiliates (NAAAS) was founded in 1992 on the campus of Virginia State University in .. Read more Petersburg, Virginia. The founders, all members of the College of Social Sciences, include Mr. Gary Baker, Valery Y.R. Bates-Brown, Ph.D., Lemuel Berry, Jr., Ph.D., Mrs. Juanita B. Evans, Joseph Goldenberg, Ph.D., Mrs. Pansy E. Jacobs-Jackson, and Wallace McMichael, Ph.D. The overarching goal of the organization was directed toward providing faculty and students an opportunity to engage in scholarly endeavors. This goal has been expanded and the following goals are the foundation from which the organization derives its directions and actions.