A research team consisting of Prof. Toussaint Losier (PI), Prof. Yemisi Jimoh (Co-PI), Prof. Covington-Ward (Co-PI), and Prof. Keisha Green (K-12 Educator, Assoc. Professor in the College of Education) has been awarded a competitive grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to host a Teacher's Institute during summer, 2025. The Souls of Black Folk and the Foundations of African American Studies is a new, Level 1 Institute designed to support teachers grade 9-12 with an expressed interest in preparing to offer the new Advanced Placement African American Studies course or expanding their content knowledge and pedagogy in African American Studies more generally.