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 -
Renée Ater
Visiting Associate Professor, Africana Studies, Director of Undergraduate 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 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
Royce Family Associate Professor of Teaching Excellence in Africana Studies & History, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Africana Studies -
Ainsley LeSure
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies -
Patsy Lewis
Research Professor -
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
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Kristen Reynolds
International Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow in Black Digital Humanities
Geri Augusto
Senior Fellow of International & Public Affairs, Watson Institute
Stephon Alexander
Professor, Department of Physics
Jayna Brown
Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Chair of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Colin Channer
Assistant Professor, Department of Literary Arts
Olakunle George
Professor, Department of English
Juliet Hooker
Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science, Professor of Political Science
Austin Jackson
Assistant Director, The Writing Center
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of English
Glenn C. Loury
Merton P. Stoltz Professor of Social Sciences, Professor of Economics, Professor of International and Public Affairs
Rolland Murray
Associate Professor, Department of English
Itohan Osayimwese
Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Chair of 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
Melvin Rogers
Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Associate Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Matthew Shenoda
Professor of Literary Arts, Chair of Literary Arts
Alexander Weheliye
Malcolm S. Forbes Professor of Modern Culture and Media
Andre Willis
Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies
Chinua Achebe †
Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies
Lundy Braun†
Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dorothy Denniston †
Associate Professor Emerita of English and Africana Studies
Anani Dzidzienyo †
Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies
Lina M. Fruzzetti
Paul R. Dupee, Jr. University Professor Emerita of Social Science, Affiliated Professor Emerita of Africana Studies
Paget Henry
Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies and Sociology
Ruth Simmons
President Emerita and Professor Comparative Literature and Africana Studies
Elmo Terry-Morgan
Associate Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies and Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
John Edgar Wideman
Professor Emeritus of African American Literature