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J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities, Retired Professor Emeritus of African and African American Studies, History (Affiliate), and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Affiliate)

Professor of African and African American Studies, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Faculty Affiliate in the Performing Arts Department and the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Equity

​Margaret Bush Wilson Professor in Arts & Sciences, Professor of Psychology, Anthropology, Education, English, Linguistics, and African and African-American Studies

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity

Head of Library Diversity Initiatives & Outreach

Senior Lecturer in African and African American Studies

​Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters, Professor of English and of African & African American Studies

​Associate Professor of African and African American Studies

​Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Performing Arts (Affiliate)

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

Lecturer in African and African American Studies and American Culture Studies

Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Film and Media Studies

Fannie Hurst Professor of American Literature, Professor of English and African and African American Studies

Gerald Early Distinguished Professor

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

Teaching Professor in African and African American Studies

Assistant Professor, Education & African & African American Studies

Chair of African and African-American Studies

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

Reparative Public Historian and Lecturer, Special Collections Management Research Associate, WashU & Slavery Project

Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies

​Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences

Professor of African and African American Studies

Professor of English, African and African-American Studies, and American Culture Studies