Ron  Himes

• Henry E. Hampton, Jr. Artist-in-Residence

• Email: RHimes@wustl.edu

Justin A.  Joyce

• Senior Publications Editor / Managing Editor, James Baldwin Review

• Email: j.a.joyce@wustl.edu
• Phone: 3149355631

Tamsin  Kimoto

• Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

• Email: kimoto@wustl.edu

David  Kirkman

• Artist-in-Residence

Esther Viola  Kurtz

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

• Email: ekurtz@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5581

Husain  Lateef

• Assistant Professor, Brown School

Seanna  Leath

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

• Email: leath@wustl.edu

Zachary  Manditch-Prottas

• Senior Lecturer in African and African American Studies and American Culture Studies

• Email: zmanditch-prottas@wustl.edu

Raven  Maragh-Lloyd

• Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and Film and Media Studies

• Email: lloydr@wustl.edu

William J.  Maxwell

• Fannie Hurst Professor of Creative Literature
• Professor of English and African and African American Studies

• Email: wmaxwell@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5579

Thembelani (Themba)  Mbatha

• Assistant Professor of African & African American Studies
• Assistant Professor of English (Courtesy Affiliate)

• Email: mbatha@wustl.edu

Dwight A.  McBride

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

• Email: mcbrided@wustl.edu
• Phone: 3149355631

John  Mundell

• Postdoctoral Fellow, AFAS

Jose'-Maria  Munoz

• Senior Research Scholar

• Email: m.jose@wustl.edu

Sowande’​  Mustakeem

• ​Associate Professor of History and of African and African-American Studies

• Email: mustakee@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-3442

​Mungai  Mutonya

• Teaching Professor in African and African American Studies
• Kenya Summer Program Coordinator

• Email: mmutonya@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5280

Bronwyn  Nichols Lodato

• Assistant Professor, Education & African & African American Studies

• Email: bronwyn@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-3000

Crystal  Odelle

• Academic & Administrative Cluster Supervisor

• Email: odelle@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5102

​Shanti  Parikh

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

• Email: shanti.parikh@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8755

​Timothy  Parsons

• ​Professor of History and of African and African-American Studies

• Email: tparsons@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4974

Gabriel  Peoples

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

Kyle  Proehl

• Editorial Assistant, James Baldwin Review

• Email: kylep@wustl.edu

Michelle  Purdy

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

• Email: mpurdy@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8724

Jessica  Samuel

• Postdoctoral Fellow, AFAS

• Email: jssamuel@wustl.edu