Africana Studies People
Africana Studies Advisory Committee and Faculty
The Africana Studies Program benefits from the participation of faculty from a wide range of disciplines including history, English, psychology, political science and public service, sociology, music, and communications.
Interim Director of Africana Studies
Julia Cummiskey
PhD
Assistant Professor and Interim Director of Africana Studies
208B Brock Hall
Africana Studies Advisory Committee
Tiffany Mitchell
Classroom Technologies and Website Coordinator; Senior Lecturer
Library 420
Christopher Stokes
Assistant Director of Multicultural Affairs and NPHC Advisor
119G Lupton Hall
Africana Studies Faculty
Africana Studies Faculty
Earl Braggs
Herman H. Battle Professor of African American Studies
362 Lupton Hall
Julia Cummiskey
PhD
Assistant Professor and Interim Director of Africana Studies
208B Brock Hall
Michelle Deardorff
PhD
Department Head & Adolph S. Ochs Professor of Government
540 McCallie Building, Office 462C
Susan Eckelmann Berghel
PhD
Associate Professor (on Sabbatical 2021-22)
302B Brock Hall
William Kuby
PhD
Associate Department Head and UC Foundation Associate Professor
208E Brock Hall
Aaron Shaheen
PhD
George C. Connor Professor of American Literature
344 Lupton Hall
Leniece Smith
PhD
Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science
540 McCallie Building, Office 471
Jeremy Strickler
PhD
Assistant Professor
540 McCallie Building, Office 464
Michael Thompson
PhD
Department Head and UC Foundation Associate Professor
408E Brock Hall
