About the Center

The Structure of the Center

APARC is designed to be a multidisciplinary, University-wide center for policy analysis and formulation, and research on contemporary Africa. Given its broad programmatic goals, the Center will need its own facility, which will contain administrative offices and faculty offices, lecture halls, a forum for public education, and an exhibit area accessible to the general public.

In order to fulfill its goal of becoming an international center for contemporary thought and debate on Africa, the Center seeks to have vigorous and interactive affiliations with at least one historically African American university and several universities in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The Center will have an Advisory Board comprised of university faculty and officers, and outside visitors made of up representatives from the public and private sectors, academia, and the philanthropic community.

The core staff of the Center will include:

• The Director, who will have the primary responsibility for charting the strategic direction of the Center and fundraising
  
  
• The Associate Director, who will be responsible for managing the day to day operations of the Center
  
  
• An Archivist, who will coordinate the collection of documents and other materials for the Center's archives
  
  
• A Special Projects Specialist, who will plan and coordinate special events and other Center activities
  
  
• An Administrative Assistant
  
  
• Secretarial staff to provide support for administration and visiting dignitaries.

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