The African American Religious Studies Forum provides opportunities for graduate students and interested faculty working in African American religion to: (1) dialogue with leading off-campus scholars in the study of African American religion who provide feedback on graduate student projects as well as advice regarding professional life within the Academy; (2) present their research and receive feedback, in this way they gain greater ability to provide and constructively receive critique; (3) international opportunities to present their research and network.

​This Forum draws on intellectual interests and expertise within the Religious Studies and the Sociology departments.  It also provides an outlet for a dimension of the research on race already present in the Kinder Institute through “Race Scholars at Rice.”