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Marlon M. 
Bailey

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
Associate Chair Co-Director of Graduate Studies
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Kia Lilly  
Caldwell

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity
Professor of African & African American Studies Courtesy joint appointment at the Brown School of Social Work
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Rudolph 
Clay

Head of Library Diversity Initiatives & Outreach
Senior Lecturer in African American Studies AFAS Subject Librarian
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El Hadji Samba Amadou 
Diallo

Senior Lecturer in African and African American Studies
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​Gerald 
Early

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

Assistant Professor, Art History and Archaeology and African and African-American Studies
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Jonathan​ 
Fenderson

​Associate Professor of African and African American Studies
(On sabbatical Fall/Spring '24-'25)
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Ron 
Himes

Henry E. Hampton, Jr. Artist-in-Residence
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Zachary 
Manditch-Prottas

Lecturer in African and African American Studies and American Culture Studies
(On sabbatical Fall '24)
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Raven  
Maragh-Lloyd

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

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

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

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

​Associate Professor of History and of African and African-American Studies
On Sabbatical Spring 2025
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​Mungai 
Mutonya

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

Assistant Professor, Education & African & African American Studies
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​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
On Sabbatical Spring 2025
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Kelly 
Schmidt

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

Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies
(On sabbatical Spring '25)
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Geoff 
Ward

Professor of African and African American Studies
Director, WashU & Slavery Project, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2) Faculty Affiliate in Sociology and American Culture Studies (On sabbatical Spring '25)