# Graduate

**Source**: https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/graduate
**Parent**: https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/

## Graduate

[### AAAS Graduate Program Admissions](/admissions)

[### AAAS Graduate Program Requirements](https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/graduate-program-requirements)

## Resources for Currently Enrolled Students

[### AAAS Secondary Field](https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/secondary-field-african-and-african-american-studies-graduate)

Students enrolled at a PhD program in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University may achieve formal recognition for completing a secondary field in African and African American Studies.

[**Read More**](https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/secondary-field-african-and-african-american-studies-graduate)

[### AAAS Master's in Passing](https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/aaas-masters-passing)

Graduate students who have met all the course requirements for the degree may petition to be awarded an AM in African and African American Studies.

[**Read More**](https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/aaas-masters-passing)

[### Fellowships](https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/fellowships?admin_panel=1)

There are several fellowships graduate students can apply to, from conference travel fellowships to year-long ones. For more information, application requirements, and other details,

[### Teaching Fellows](https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/teaching-fellows?admin_panel=1)

The department appoints Teaching Fellows twice a year. For more information on appointments, deadlines, available positions, and more,

## Academic Contacts

[### Keirsten Melbourne](/people/keirsten-melbourne)
[keirsten\_melbourne@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:keirsten_melbourne@fas.harvard.edu)

Graduate & Undergraduate Coordinator

In Office Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays

[### Paulina L. Alberto](/people/paulina-l-alberto)

Professor of African and African American Studies and of History

Director of Graduate Studies

Office Hours: Sign-Up Available via Canvas. Paulina L. Alberto is a historian of Afro-Latin American lives, thought, and politics as they unfolded in the aftermath of slavery, particularly in Brazil and Argentina. Her work explores the intersections of...