Multi-Ethnic Studies

Jennifer Hildebrand, Coordinator
E304 Thompson Hall
716-673-3274
Jennifer.Hildebrand@fredonia.edu

Multi-Ethnic Studies is an interdisciplinary program that encourages a broad, often comparative, study of race and ethnicity in the Americas and the larger world. As our society becomes increasingly diverse, a minor in Multi-Ethnic Studies helps students to understand the rich history of multiple groups in the United States while simultaneously preparing them to thrive in an increasingly diversified workplace and a globalized economy.

Students minoring in Multi-Ethnic Studies will engage in conversations about our similarities as human beings as well as the misunderstandings sometimes caused by our differences. The classroom will provide a safe space where the experiences and perspectives of the people we study as well as our own backgrounds and views can be explored and addressed intellectually and frankly.

Multi-Ethnic Studies is for everyone!  No matter your major or your future plans, the program will provide intellectual skills and cultural knowledge that will benefit you.  As the workplace and the world become more diversified, the ability to consider different perspectives and communicate across differences becomes increasingly valuable.  Multi-Ethnic Studies coursework will challenge students to think critically and to write persuasively and thoughtfully, pushing them to seek innovative solutions to problems which they understand to be multifaceted.  Students in the program will be well-prepared for careers in human services, museum curatorship, library science, teaching, journalism, scholarship, law, health, inter-ethnic relations, and many other fields.