Our People

Our People



Ron Himes

Ron
Himes

Henry E. Hampton, Jr. Artist-in-Residence
Justin A.  Joyce

Justin A.
Joyce

Senior Publications Editor / Managing Editor, James Baldwin Review
Tamsin Kimoto

Tamsin
Kimoto

Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
David  Kirkman

David
Kirkman

Artist-in-Residence
Esther Viola Kurtz

Esther Viola
Kurtz

Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, Performing Arts Department (Affiliate), 
Department of African and African-American Studies (Affiliate),
(On sabbatical Spring 2026)
Husain Lateef

Husain
Lateef

Assistant Professor, Brown School
Seanna Leath

Seanna
Leath

Associate Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Affiliated Faculty
Zachary Manditch-Prottas

Zachary
Manditch-Prottas

Senior Lecturer in African and African American Studies and American Culture Studies
Raven  Maragh-Lloyd

Raven
Maragh-Lloyd

Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and Film and Media Studies
William J. Maxwell

William J.
Maxwell

Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature , Professor of English and African and African American Studies
Thembelani (Themba) Mbatha

Thembelani (Themba)
Mbatha

Assistant Professor of African & African American Studies Assistant Professor of English (Courtesy Affiliate)
Dwight A. McBride

Dwight A.
McBride

Gerald Early Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies, Professor of English
Executive Director of CRE2,
Senior Advisor to the Chancellor

John Mundell

John
Mundell

Postdoctoral Fellow, AFAS
Jose'-Maria Munoz

Jose'-Maria
Munoz

Senior Research Scholar
Sowande’​  Mustakeem

Sowande’​
Mustakeem

​Associate Professor of History and of African and African-American Studies
​Mungai Mutonya

​Mungai
Mutonya

Teaching Professor in African and African American Studies Kenya Summer Program Coordinator
Bronwyn Nichols Lodato

Bronwyn
Nichols Lodato

Assistant Professor, Education & African & African American Studies
Crystal Odelle

Crystal
Odelle

Academic & Administrative Cluster Supervisor
​Shanti Parikh

​Shanti
Parikh

Chair of African and African-American Studies Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and of African and African-American Studies
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​Timothy
Parsons

​Professor of History and of African and African-American Studies
Gabriel Peoples

Gabriel
Peoples

Past Postdoctoral Ford Foundation Fellow '22-'23 Assistant Professor, Gender Studies, Indiana University
Kyle Proehl

Kyle
Proehl

Editorial Assistant, James Baldwin Review
Michelle Purdy

Michelle
Purdy

Associate Professor of Education Affiliated Faculty, African & African-American Studies, Urban Studies, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, & Equity, and History
Jessica Samuel

Jessica
Samuel

Postdoctoral Fellow, AFAS

Esther Viola  Kurtz

  • Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology,
  • Performing Arts Department (Affiliate), 
    Department of African and African-American Studies (Affiliate),
    (On sabbatical Spring 2026)

Blewett Hall, 304

Seanna  Leath

  • Associate Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Affiliated Faculty

Somers Family Hall Room 321A

Dwight A.  McBride

  • Gerald Early Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies,
  • Professor of English
    Executive Director of CRE2,
    Senior Advisor to the Chancellor

McMillan Hall 240

​Shanti  Parikh

  • Chair of African and African-American Studies
  • Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and of African and African-American Studies

McMillan Hall 224

Gabriel  Peoples

  • Past Postdoctoral Ford Foundation Fellow '22-'23
  • Assistant Professor, Gender Studies, Indiana University

 

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Michelle  Purdy

  • Associate Professor of Education
  • Affiliated Faculty, African & African-American Studies, Urban Studies, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, & Equity, and History

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