The Institute for African American Studies affiliate faculty are renowned for their research, teaching, and influence in both their respective fields of study and black diaspora studies.
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Faculty Affiliates
Donna Alvermann
Omer Clyde and Elizabeth Parr Aderhold Professor in Education
Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Language and Literacy Education
Mary Atwater
Professor of Mathematics and Science Education
Juanita Johnson-Bailey
Professor of Lifelong Education, Administration & Policy
Director of Women Studies
Dawn Bennett-Alexander
Associate Professor Emeritus of Employment Law & Legal Studies
Gene Brody
Regents’ Professor of Child and Family Development
Director of the Center for Family Research
Collette Chapman-Hilliard
Associate Professor
Department of Counseling and Human Development Services
Jepkorir Rose Chepyator-Thomson
Professor of Kinesiology
Michelle Cook
Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion and Strategic University Initiatives
Sha'Mira Covington
Assistant Professor of Fashion, Department of Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors
Chris Cuomo
Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies
Diane Edison
Professor of Art
Vanessa Gonlin
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Monica Hargrave
Instructor of Music
Jean Kidula
Professor of Musicology/Ethnomusicology
Tony Lowe
Associate Professor of Social Work
Sandy Dwayne Martin
Head and Professor of Religion
Barbara McCaskill
Professor of English
Co-Director, Civil Rights Digital Library Initiative
Associate Academic Director, Willson Center for Humanities & Arts
Reginald McKnight
Hamilton Holmes Professor of English
Diane Miller
Director of Student Academic Services, Franklin College of Arts & Sciences
John Morrow
Professor of History
Akinloye Ojo
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Director of African Studies
Rosemary Phelps
Professor & Coordinator of Undergraduate Services, Department of Counseling and Human Development Services
Robert A. Pratt
Professor of History
Daniel Rood
Assistant Professor of History & Director of Graduate Studies
Emily Sahakian
Assistant Professor of Theatre & French, Department of Theatre & Film Studies Undergraduate Coordinator
Karim Traore
Associate Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature
Dorothy White
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Science Education
Kenneth White
Assistant Professor, Department of Financial Planning, Housing, and Consumer Economics
Margaret Wilder
Associate Professor of Counseling & Human Development Services