Faculty
Africana StudiesMultidisciplinary Program
Founded in 1969 out of student protest and political upheaval, the Africana Studies Program continues its commitment to social change and the examination and creation of new knowledge. The program brings together scholars and scholarship from many fields of study and draws on a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to explore the cultures, histories, institutions, and societies of African and African-descended people. Program strengths include: education and activism; literature; feminism; political thought; Arabic language and culture; critical race theory; queer studies; prison studies; visual culture; creative writing; social, cultural, and political movements; and popular culture.
Professor of French and Francophone Studies
BA, MA, PhD, Paris-Sorbonne University
Professor of Art and Director of American Studies on the Sarah Gibson Blanding Chair
BA, Dartmouth College; PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Professor of English on the Jean Webster Chair
BA, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; MA, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Professor of Sociology and Director of Africana Studies
BA, Oberlin College; MA, PhD, Stony Brook University
Associate Professor of Political Science
BA, Saint Joseph's University; BA, University of Sussex; PhD, Brandeis University; PhD, Princeton University; JD, Yale University
Assistant Professor of Music
BS, Southeastern University; MM, PhD, Louisiana State University
Professor of Religion
BA, Princeton University; MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Associate Professor of Anthropology
BA, Fisk University; PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington
Professor of Film on the Mary Riepma Ross '32 Chair
BA, Tufts University; MA, PhD, New York University
Professor and Chair of Education
BFA, Pratt Institute-Main; MS, Long Island University-University Center; PhD, SUNY at Albany
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
BA, Colgate University; PhD, University of Rochester
Assistant Professor of Political Science on the Class of 1951 Chair
BA, John Carroll University; MA, PhD, Duke University
Senior Lecturer in Arabic
BA, MA, Université de Tunis; PhD, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Associate Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies and Chair of Political Science
BA, Moi University; MA, Keele University; PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Professor of Hispanic Studies on the Randolph Distinguished Professor Chair
BA, Universidad de Puerto Rico; MA, MPhil, PhD, New York University
Associate Professor of English
BA, University of Miami; MA, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
BA, University of California-Los Angeles; MA, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Lecturer in Anthropology
BA, Utrecht University; MA, MPhil, New York University; MPhil, University of Cambridge; PhD, New York University
Associate Professor of English
BA, University of Virginia; MA, Boston College; MA, Xavier University; PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
BA, Brown University; PhD, University of California-Santa Cruz
Assistant Professor of Sociology
BA, University of California-San Diego; MA, Columbia University in the City of New York; PhD, Brandeis University
Professor of Drama on the Mary Riepma Ross '32 Chair
BS, Northwestern University; MFA, New York University
Assistant Professor of Religion
BA, Willamette University; MTS, PhD, Harvard University
Assistant Professor of Education
BA, Concord University; MA, Syracuse University; MS, University of Charleston; PhD, Syracuse University
Professor and Chair of Hispanic Studies
BA, MA, University of Kansas; PhD, Stony Brook University