Department of Africana Studies

zuri arman holds a B.A. in Africana Studies and Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to being a graduate student, he is also a writer and poet with work that can be found in Collision Literary Magazine, Alluvia Magazine, and in a forthcoming anthology on the topic of queer militance published by PM Press. Their research and creative writing are currently interested in grappling with the residues of religious frameworks and grammars in contemporary culture and politics, radical black political thought, and the relationship between Blackness, Nature, and the Human. arman’s work is informed by his experience working in the Environmental and Environmental Justice Movements while completing their undergraduate degree. Outside of work, he dabbles in various artistic mediums including lo-fi music and visual productions, trying to find new ways to express the same thoughts but in forms accessible and appealing to wider audiences. arman is the descendant of southern sharecroppers whose sacrifices made his existence possible. They are the recipient of the Brown University Diversity Fellowship.