Harvard University, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts offers a fully funded PhD in African and African American Studies. The Doctoral degree in African and African American studies identifies synergies in theory, concept, and method across the African Diaspora. The program affords rigorous interdisciplinary training in the humanities and the social sciences, with a focus on a disciplinary field, leading to the Ph.D. The financial aid program features guaranteed funding for the first five years for all Ph.D. students and a variety of funding options and fellowships for other students.