If you desire to be a serious scholar committed to social change and acquiring fundamental human rights for all people and in particular people of African descent, and if you feel that the study of the unique history, society and life of African American people will improve your ability to actively participate in the struggle for social justice for peoples of color, then Africana and Diaspora studies at Seton Hall University is the major for you. The Department of Africana Diaspora Studies was founded in 1970 as the Center for Black Studies and now offers the oldest program in the state of New Jersey with a diverse faculty of new and veteran scholar-activists.

The Departmental faculty has a notable record of scholarly publications, practical experience in community service and dedicated involvement in the movement for positive social change.

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Arts and Sciences Hall. Opened in 1973, the building houses the Ruth Sharkey Academic Resource Center, lecture halls, seminar rooms, conference rooms, classrooms, offices for College of Arts and Sciences faculty and administrative personnel, and a computer laboratory.

The University Libraries have notable resources, including extensive holdings of almost 700,000 book volumes, and 1,127 current periodical subscriptions, back-files of more than 6,500 serial titles, electronic access to full text articles in more than 25,000 journals, a broad selection of indexing and abstracting services in both digital and print formats, various microform collections, music CDs, and audiovisual aids.  A complete listing of database resources can be found at library.shu.edu.