THEME: African American Studies in the Digital Age

Keynote Speaker

Rick Kittles, Ph.D.

Scientific Director
African Ancestry, Inc.
Associate Professor
The University of Chicago, Department of Medicine

African Ancestry is a company that transforms the way people view themselves and the way they view Africa! Founded in 2003 by Dr. Rick Kittles and Gina Paige, the Washington D.C. based company has today helped over an estimated 100,000 people re-connect with the roots of their family tree. 

African Ancestry is the world leader in tracing maternal and paternal lineages of African descent.  With the industry’s largest and most comprehensive database of over 25,000 indigenous African samples, African Ancestry determines specific countries, and more often than not, specific ethnic groups of origin with the highest level of detail, accuracy and confidence. 

Read about how African Ancesty's Matriclan test made all the difference in one woman's search to uncover her heritage.

Register for the conference dinner and be entered in a drawing to win your own DNA genealogy test worth over $300. Results will be presented at the dinner by Dr. Kittles.  Dinner registration must be made by November 11th.