William J. Maxwell
Professor of English and of African and African-American Studies
(On sabbatical '22-'23)
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Robin McDowell
Assistant Professor of African & African American Studies
John Mundell
Postdoctoral Fellow, AFAS
Sowande’ Mustakeem
Associate Professor of History and of African and African-American Studies
Mungai Mutonya
Teaching Professor in African and African-American Studies
Kenya Summer Program Coordinator
Shanti Parikh
Chair of African and African-American Studies
Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and of African and African-American Studies
Timothy Parsons
Professor of History and of African and African-American Studies
Gabriel Peoples
Ford Foundation Fellow
Assistant Professor, Gender Studies, Indiana University
Michelle Purdy
Associate Professor of Education
Director of the Undergraduate Program in Educational Studies
Affiliate Faculty, African and African-American Studies & Urban Studies
Kelly Schmidt
Postdoctoral Research Associate, WashU & Slavery Project
Samuel Shearer
Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies
Faculty of Urban Humanities
(On sabbatical '22-'23)
Vetta Thompson
E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity
Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Wilmetta Toliver-Diallo
Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences
Senior Lecturer in African and African-American Studies
Director of the Senegal Summer Program
Coordinator of the Washington University African Film Festival
Rebecca Wanzo
Chair and Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Affiliate Professor of American Culture Studies
Geoff Ward
Professor of African and African-American Studies
Faculty Affiliate in Sociology and American Culture Studies
Director, WashU & Slavery Project,
Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2)
Rafia Zafar
Professor of English, African and African-American Studies, and American Culture Studies
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