Africana Studies

Faculty and Staff

Steering Committee

Assistant Professor of Sociology
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BA, University of Rhode Island; MA, University of Missouri; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Professor of Religion
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BA, Princeton University; MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Professor of Film on the Mary Riepma Ross '32 Chair
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BA, Tufts University; MA, PhD, New York University
Associate Professor of Political Science
Pictured: Taneisha N. Means. Portrait of a person standing in front of a building.
BA, John Carroll University; MA, PhD, Duke University
Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Director of Africana Studies
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BA, MA, Université de Tunis; PhD, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
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BA, Trinity College; MA, PhD, Emory University
Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies
BA, Moi University; MA, Keele University; PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
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BA, Smith College; MA, Columbia University in the City of New York; PhD, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
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BA, University of California-Los Angeles; MA, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Lecturer in Anthropology
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BA, Utrecht University; MA, MPhil, New York University; MPhil, University of Cambridge; PhD, New York University
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
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BA, Brown University; PhD, University of California-Santa Cruz
Associate Professor of Sociology
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BA, University of California-San Diego; MA, Columbia University in the City of New York; PhD, Brandeis University
Professor of Drama on the Mary Riepma Ross '32 Chair
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BS, Northwestern University; MFA, New York University
Associate Professor and Chair of Religion
Kirsten M. Wesselhoeft wearing a black jacket and blue patterned scarf with trees in the background.
BA, Willamette University; MTS, PhD, Harvard University
Associate Professor of Education
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BA, Concord University; MA, Syracuse University; MS, University of Charleston; PhD, Syracuse University

Participating Faculty

Professor of Art on the Sarah Gibson Blanding Chair
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BA, Dartmouth College; PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Professor of English on the Jean Webster Chair and Director of American and Native American Studies
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BA, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; MA, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Professor of Sociology
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BA, Oberlin College; MA, PhD, Stony Brook University
Assistant Professor of Music
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BS, Southeastern University; MM, PhD, Louisiana State University
Professor of Education
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BFA, Pratt Institute-Main; MS, Long Island University-University Center; PhD, SUNY at Albany
Associate Professor of Chemistry
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BA, Colgate University; PhD, University of Rochester
Professor of Hispanic Studies on the Randolph Distinguished Professor Chair
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BA, Universidad de Puerto Rico; MA, MPhil, PhD, New York University
Associate Professor of English
BA, University of Miami; MA, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Associate Professor of English
Tyrone Simpson, II
BA, University of Virginia; MA, Boston College; MA, Xavier University; PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington
Professor of Hispanic Studies
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BA, MA, University of Kansas; PhD, Stony Brook University

Staff

Primavera Ward     
Administrative Assistant