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Elisa Valero

Academic Department Supervisor, History, CNELC, and Africana Studies

Jackson Carnes

Department Operations Coordinator, History, CNELC, and Africana Studies

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Affiliated Faculty

The Africana Studies Program faculty is composed of humanities and social science professors from 14 academic departments and programs within the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, including English, music, philosophy, Spanish, French, political science and more.

 

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Oluseyi Odunyemi Agbelusi

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Avery Archer
Avery Archer

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Eric Arnesen
Eric Arnesen

Teamsters Professor of History

Jameta Barlow
Jameta Barlow

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor of Writing, Health Policy and Management and WGSS

Fran Buntman
Fran Buntman

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Yvonne Captain
Yvonne Captain

Associate Professor of Latin American Film and Literature and International Affairs

Erin Chapman
Erin Chapman

Associate Professor of History

Thomas A. Guglielmo
Thomas Guglielmo

American Studies Department Chair; Professor of American Studies

Nicole Ivy
Nicole Ivy

Assistant Professor of American Studies

Jennifer James
Jennifer James

Associate Professor of English

Antwan Jones
Antwan Jones

Professor of Sociology, Africana Studies, Epidemiology, and Public Policy & Public Administration

Loren Kajikawa
Loren Kajikawa

Chair of the Music Program; Associate Professor of History & Culture

Ivy Ken
Ivy Ken

Associate Professor of Sociology

Kathryn Kleppinger
Kathryn Kleppinger

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies and International Affairs, Director of French Literature

Randi Kristensen
Randi Kristensen

Assistant Professor of Writing

Antonio López
Antonio López

Chair of the Department of English

Stephen C. Lubkemann
Stephen C. Lubkemann

Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs

Xolela Mangcu
Xolela Mangcu

Professor of Sociology

Gordon Mantler
Gordon Mantler

Executive Director of the University Writing Program

Daniel Moshenberg
Daniel Moshenberg

Associate Professor of English and WGSS

Suleiman Osman
Suleiman Osman

Associate Professor of American Studies

Lisa Page
Lisa Page

Director of Creative Writing

Cheryl Thompson
Cheryl Thompson

Associate Professor of Journalism

Phillip Troutman
Phillip Troutman

Director, Writing in the Disciplines; Assistant Professor of Writing and of History

Abdourahman Waberi
Abdourahman Waberi

Associate Professor of French

Gayle Wald
Gayle Wald

Professor of English

Gail Weiss
Gail Weiss

Professor of Philosophy

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Leniqueca Welcome

Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs

Vanessa Wills
Vanessa Wills

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Angela Zimmerman
Angela Zimmerman

Professor of History and International Affairs