Dr. Sharon Austin, Professor of Political Science, accompanied 13 students to Paris, France for the African Americans in Paris class. This class was first developed in 2007 by Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans, a former Associate Professor of Women's Studies and African American Studies at UF. Dr. Evans again offered the class in 2010 and Dr. Austin began offering it in 2014. Since 2014, she has accompanied students to Paris on nine separate occasions.
This interdisciplinary class counts toward the Political Science, International Studies, and African American Studies degrees and as an elective in every other major at UF. The students hear lectures, write papers, participate in discussions,...