Department of Africana Studies

Our Students

The work of our graduate students drives us forward. Learn about their research.

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Our Students

The work of our graduate students drives us forward. Learn about their research.

Fall 2023 Cohort

Justina Blanco

Graduate Student, Fall 2023 Cohort

justina_blanco@brown.edu
Mickell Carter

Graduate Student, Fall 2023 Cohort

mickell_carter@brown.edu
Brooke Johnson

Graduate Student, Fall 2023 Cohort

brooke_johnson@brown.edu

Fall 2022 Cohort

Victoria Davidjohn

victoria_davidjohn@brown.edu
Arlin Hill

arlin_hill@brown.edu
Kaplan Villacorte Trudo

they/them, Graduate Student, Fall 2022 Cohort

kaplan_trudo@brown.edu

Fall 2020 Cohort

zuri arman

Graduate Student, Fall 2020 Cohort

zuriarman@brown.edu
Brianna Eaton

Graduate Student, Fall 2020 Cohort

brianna_eaton@brown.edu
Ashley Everson

Graduate Student, Fall 2020 Cohort

ashley_everson@brown.edu
Kiana Knight

Graduate Student, Fall 2022 Cohort

kiana_knight@brown.edu

Fall 2019 Cohort

Justin A. Lang

Graduate Student, Fall 2019 Cohort

justin_a_lang@brown.edu
Alexandria Miller

Graduate Student, Fall 2019 Cohort

alexandria_miller@brown.edu
Malcolm Thompson

Graduate Student, Fall 2019 Cohort

malcolm_thompson@brown.edu

Fall 2018 Cohort

Melaine Ferdinand-King

Graduate Student, Fall 2018 Cohort

melaine_ferdinand@brown.edu
Eric T. Jones

Graduate Student, Fall 2018 Cohort

eric_jones@brown.edu
Nasir Marumo

Graduate Student, Fall 2018 Cohort

nasir_marumo@brown.edu

Fall 2017 Cohort

Britt Threatt

Graduate Student, Fall 2017 Cohort

britt_threatt@brown.edu

Fall 2016 Cohort

Kristen J. Maye

Graduate Student, Fall 2016 Cohort

kristen_maye@brown.edu

Program Alumni

Bedour Alagraa

Assistant Professor of Black Political and Social Theory, University of Texas at Austin
Felicia Bishop-Denaud

Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Cincinnati, Fall 2016 Cohort

felicia_bishop-denaud@brown.edu
Amanda T. Boston

Assistant Professor, NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management
Warren Harding

Program Alumni

warren_harding@brown.edu
Lydia Kelow-Bennett

Assistant Professor of Afro-American & African Studies, University of Michigan
N'Kosi Oates

Graduate Student, Fall 2017 Cohort

nkosi_oates@brown.edu
Watufani M. Poe

Postdoctoral Fellow 2021-2022, Amherst College Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Incoming Assistant Professor of Black Queer Feminist Knowledges, University of Pittsburgh School of Education, Program Alumni, Fall 2015 Cohort

watufani_poe@alumni.brown.edu
Michael Sawyer

Assistant Professor of Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies and the Department of English, Colorado College
Hadiya Sewer

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of African and African-American Studies, Stanford University
Nicosia Shakes

Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Critical Race & Ethnic Studies, University of California, Merced
D'Ondre Swails

Assistant Professor in History and Global Black Studies at Clemson University, Fall 2015 Cohort

dondre_swails@brown.edu
Melanie White

Assistant Professor of Afro-Caribbean Studies in the Department of African American Studies and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Georgetown University, Fall 2017 Cohort

melanie_white@brown.edu
Shamara Wyllie Alhassan

Assistant Professor of Black Experience in the Americas, Arizona State University