Faculty & Staff
The Africana Studies program is able to offer a rich curriculum because it draws upon the expertise of faculty from all over the campus, whose teaching and scholarship cover an impressive array of academic fields: literatures, history, sciences, the arts, sociology, political science, and education are all represented in the courses offered, and cross-listed, in the program.
- Tagreed Al-Haddad, Adjunct Instructor in Africana Studies
- Carlos Alamo-Pastrana, Assistant Professor of Sociology
- Colette Cann, Assistant Professor of Education
- Patricia-Pia Célérier, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies
- Lisa Gail Collins, Associate Professor of Art and Co-director of Africana Studies
- Eve Dunbar, Associate Dean of the Faculty and Associate Professor of English
- Diane Harriford, Professor of Sociology
- Luke C. Harris, Associate Professor of Political Science
- Mouannes Hojairi, Post Doctoral Fellow of Africana Studies
- Kiese Laymon, Associate Professor of English
- Candice M. Lowe Swift, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
- Lawrence H. Mamiya, Professor of Religion and Africana Studies on the Mattie M. Paschall Davis and Norman H. Davis Chair
- Zachariah Cherian Mampilly, Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Mia Mask, Associate Professor of Film
- Mootacem Mhiri, Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
- Quincy T. Mills, Assistant Professor of History
- Samson Okoth Opondo, Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Hiram Perez, Assistant Professor of English
- Tyrone Simpson, II, Associate Professor of English
- Laura Yow, Assistant Professor of English
Staff
- Patricia Mathis (Administrative Assistant)