Core Faculty

Anna Arabindan-Kesson
Associate Professor
Department of African American Studies & Department of Art and Archaeology
Office Phone
Office
102 Morrison Hall
Wendy L. Belcher
Professor
Department of African American Studies & Department of Comparative Literature
Office Phone
Office
105 East Pyne Building
Ruha Benjamin
Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of African American Studies
Department of African American Studies
Director of Graduate Affairs (DGA)
Office Phone
Office
109A Morrison Hall
Wallace D. Best
Hughes-Rogers Professor of Religion and African American Studies
Department of African American Studies & Department of Religion
Director, Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office Phone
Office
131 1879 Hall
Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor
Department of African American Studies
Office Phone
Reena N. Goldthree
Assistant Professor
Department of African American Studies
Office Phone
Office
107B Morrison Hall
Joshua B. Guild
Associate Professor
Department of African American Studies & Department of History
Office Phone
Office
106 Morrison Hall
Tera W. Hunter
Department Chair
Edwards Professor of American History
Department of African American Studies & Department of History
Office Phone
Office
101 Morrison Hall
Naomi Murakawa
Associate Professor
Department of African American Studies
Office Phone
Office
108 Morrison Hall
Kinohi Nishikawa
Associate Professor
Department of African American Studies & Department of English
Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)
Office Phone
Office
B54 McCosh Hall
Chika Okeke-Agulu
Robert Schirmer Professor of Art and Archaeology and African American Studies
Department of African American Studies & Department of Art and Archaeology
Director, Program in African Studies and Director, Africa World Initiative
Office Phone
Office
3S-13 Green Hall
Lorgia García Peña
Professor
Department of African American Studies & Effron Center for the Study of America
Director, Program in Latino Studies
Office Phone
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies
Department of African American Studies
Office Phone
Office
110C Morrison Hall
Autumn M. Womack
Associate Professor
Department of African American Studies & Department of English
Office Phone
Office
110A Morrison Hall