Africana Studies / Rites and Reason Theatre
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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Máyọ̀wá Ajíbádé
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies -
Lisa Biggs
Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Faculty Director of Rites and Reason Theatre -
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 Africana Studies, Director, Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice -
Kim Gallon
Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Director of Graduate Admissions and Teaching -
Matthew Guterl
L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Africana Studies and American Studies -
Françoise Hamlin
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Africana Studies -
Ainsley LeSure
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, Richard and Edna Salomon Assistant Professor of Political Science -
Patsy Lewis
Research Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies -
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 -
Derron Wallace
Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Education Policy