What is Ethnic Studies?
The interdisciplinary nature of Ethnic Studies enables a critical lens to better examine the
interplay of economic, political and social systems as they frame the historical and
contemporary experiences of disenfranchised members of our society. The Social
Sciences and the Humanities have been especially enriched by Ethnic Studies research
and scholarship. It is even more important to understand that the maintenance of the
place for Ethnic Studies in the academy is a function of the intellectual validity of the
discipline and its significant contributions to the growing diverse body of knowledge by
and about people of color.
