Professor Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey received both the Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching and the
An historian of the United States and of the African diaspora, and recently appointed as a William Dawson Scholar, Professor Adjetey was awarded the 2022 H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching as well as he Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the Assistant Professor category. In the word's of Dr. Adjetey "As a scholar who researches and publishes on the history of racial injustice and the ways that enslaved and nominally free Black people resisted such indignities, I have an unwavering commitment to teach and disseminate this knowledge. Central to my research, teaching, and public engagement is the premise that the humanities鈥攁nd history in particular鈥攁re fundamental to ensuring a free and equitable society. To help my students or audience appreciate their place in the world and in relation to historical actors, I encourage them to exercise humility, introspection, circumspection, and always maintain an open and critical mind."