Department of Africana Studies
Our Faculty
The Department’s rigorous undergraduate and graduate programs are designed and driven by one of the leading faculties in the discipline.
Our Faculty
The Department’s rigorous undergraduate and graduate programs are designed and driven by one of the leading faculties in the discipline.
As mentors, instructors, and creatives, the Department’s faculty convene students for critical studies of the intersections of class, gender, nation, race, and sexuality informed by a broad range of theoretical and methodological perspectives.
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Renee Ater
Provost Visiting Associate Professor, Africana Studies -
Lisa Biggs
John Atwater and Diana Nelson Assistant Professor of Africana Studies -
Keisha N. Blain
Professor of History and Africana Studies, Guggenheim Fellow, 2022-2023, Carnegie Fellow, 2022-2024 -
Barrymore Bogues
Asa Messer Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory, Professor of Africana Studies, Director, Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice -
Lundy Braun
Professor of Africana Studies, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine -
Kim Gallon
Associate Professor of Africana Studies -
Matthew Guterl
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Africana Studies, L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Africana Studies and American Studies -
Françoise Hamlin
Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Associate Professor of History, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Africana Studies -
Paget Henry
Professor of Africana Studies, Professor of Sociology, Editor, CLR James Journal -
Ainsley LeSure
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, Director of Graduate Admissions -
Brian Meeks
Professor of Africana Studies -
Noliwe Rooks
Department Chair, Professor, Africana Studies -
Tricia Rose
Chancellor's Professor of Africana Studies, Associate Dean of the Faculty for Special Initiatives, Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America -
Elmo Terry-Morgan
Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Artistic Director, Rites and Reason Theatre, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Geri Augusto
Gerard Visiting Associate Professor of International & Public Affairs
Director, Development Studies
Stephon Alexander
Professor, Department of Physics
Colin Channer
Assistant Professor, Department of Literary Arts
Lina M. Fruzzetti
Royce Family Professor in Teaching Excellence, Department of Anthropology
Olakunle George
Professor, Department of English
Juliet Hooker
Professor, Department of Political Science
Justin Izzo
Assistant Professor, Department of French Studies
Austin Jackson
Assistant Director, The Writing Center
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of English
Patsy Lewis
Director, Developmental Studies Undergraduate Concentration
Visiting Professor, Department of International & Public Affairs
Glenn C. Loury
Merton P. Stoltz Professor, Department of Economics
Rolland Murray
Associate Professor, Department of English
Itohan Osayimwese
Associate Professor, History of Art and Architecture
Emily A. Owens
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Kevin Quashie
Professor, Department of English
Dannie C. Ritchie
Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Africana Studies
Besenia Rodriguez
Senior Associate Dean for Curriculum
Melvin Rogers
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Nicole Truesdell
Assistant VP for Campus Life and Senior Director, Institute for Transformative Practice
Andre Willis
Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies
Matthew Shenoda
Professor of Literary Arts, Chair of Literary Arts
Jayna Brown
Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Chair of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Chinua Achebe †
Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies
Dorothy Denniston †
Associate Professor Emerita of English and Africana Studies
Anani Dzidzienyo †
Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies
Ruth Simmons
President Emerita and Professor Comparative Literature and Africana Studies
John Edgar Wideman
Professor Emeritus, African American Literature