Jean Allman
- 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)
Umrath Hall 208
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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
McMillan Hall 231
- E-mail: b.marlon@wustl.edu
John Baugh
- Professor of Psychology, Anthropology, Education, English, Linguistics, and African and African-American Studies
McMillan Hall 243
- E-mail: jbaugh@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-5960
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
- E-mail: c.kia@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-5068
Rudolph Clay
- Head of Library Diversity Initiatives & Outreach
- Senior Lecturer in African American Studies AFAS Subject Librarian
- E-mail: rudolphc@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-5059
El Hadji Samba Amadou Diallo
- Senior Lecturer in African and African American Studies
McMillan Hall 239
- E-mail: ediallo@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-8741
Gerald Early
- Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters
- Professor of English and of African & African American Studies
- E-mail: glearly@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-4008
Jonathan Fenderson
- Associate Professor of African and African American Studies
McMillan Hall 227
- E-mail: jfender@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-8739
Karma Frierson
- Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Performing Arts (Affiliate)
- (On sabbatical Fall/Spring '23-'24)
McMillan Hall 240
- E-mail: karma.frierson@wustl.edu
Ron Himes
- Henry E. Hampton, Jr. Artist-in-Residence
Mallinckrodt Center 308
- E-mail: RHimes@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-3347
Zachary Manditch-Prottas
- Lecturer in African and African American Studies and American Culture Studies
McMillan Hall 231
- E-mail: zmanditch-prottas@wustl.edu
Raven Maragh-Lloyd
- Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Film and Media Studies
McMillan Hall 228
- E-mail: lloydr@wustl.edu
William J. Maxwell
- Professor of English and African and African American Studies
- Acting Director of English Undergraduate Studies, 2023-2024
Duncker 216
- E-mail: wmaxwell@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-5579
Dwight A. McBride
- Gerald Early Distinguished Professor
- Senior Advisor to the Chancellor (On leave '23-'24 school year)
McMillan Hall 243
- E-mail: mcbrided@wustl.edu
- Phone: 3149355631
Sowande’ Mustakeem
- Associate Professor of History and of African and African-American Studies
Busch Hall 132
- E-mail: mustakee@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-3442
Mungai Mutonya
- Teaching Professor in African and African American Studies
- Kenya Summer Program Coordinator
McMillan Hall 233
- E-mail: mmutonya@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-5280
Bronwyn Nichols Lodato
- Assistant Professor, Education & African & African American Studies
McMillan Hall 224A
- E-mail: provost@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-3000
Shanti Parikh
- Chair of African and African-American Studies
- Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and of African and African-American Studies
McMillan Hall 224
- E-mail: shanti.parikh@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-8755
Timothy Parsons
- Professor of History and of African and African-American Studies
Busch 105 and McMillan 232 (for office hours)
- E-mail: tparsons@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-4974
Kelly Schmidt
- Reparative Public Historian and Lecturer, Special Collections Management Research Associate, WashU & Slavery Project
Busch 107 and McMillan Hall 230
- E-mail: kschmidt@wustl.edu
Samuel Shearer
- Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies
- Faculty of Urban Humanities (On leave Spring 2024)
McMillan Hall 234
- E-mail: sshearer@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-8740
Wilmetta Toliver-Diallo
- Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences
- Lecturer in African and African American Studies Director of the Senegal Summer Program Coordinator of the Washington University African Film Festival
Cupples II 104
- E-mail: toliver-diallo@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-7879
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
McMillan Hall 237
- E-mail: gward@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-9884
Rafia Zafar
- Professor of English, African and African-American Studies, and American Culture Studies
Duncker Hall, Rm. 218
- E-mail: zafar@wustl.edu
- Phone: 314-935-3465