Our People

​Jean Allman

• J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities
• ​Director of the Center for the Humanities
• Professor of African and African-American Studies, History (Affiliate), and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Affiliate)

• E-mail: jallman@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9599 (History); 314-935-5576 (Center for the Humanities)

​​John Baugh

• Professor of Psychology, Anthropology, Education, English, Linguistics, and African and African-American Studies

• E-mail: jbaugh@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5960

​Monique Bedasse

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

• E-mail: mbedasse@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-3041

​Iver Bernstein​

• Professor of History, African and African-American Studies, and American Culture Studies

• E-mail: icbernst@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5401

Kenly Brown

• Postdoctoral Fellow in African & African American Studies

• E-mail: bkenly@wustl.edu

​J. Dillon Brown

• Professor of English and of African and African-American Studies (Affiliate)
• Director of Undergraduate Studies in English

• E-mail: jdbrown@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9241

​Carol Camp Yeakey

• Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences
• ​Professor of Education, American Culture Studies, International and Area Studies, and Urban Studies; Founding Director of the Center on Urban Research & Public Policy and Interdisciplinary Program in Urban Studies

• E-mail: cyeakey@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-6241

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

Adrienne Davis

• William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law
• Vice Provost of the University

• E-mail: adriennedavis@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8583

El Hadji Samba Amadou Diallo

• Lecturer in African and African-American Studies

• E-mail: ediallo@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8741

​Garrett Albert Duncan​

• Associate Professor of African and African-American Studies​, Education, American Culture Studies (By Courtesy), and Urban Studies (By Courtesy)

• E-mail: gaduncan@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8740

​Gerald Early

• ​Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters
• Chair of African and African-American Studies
• Professor of English and of African and African-American Studies

• E-mail: glearly@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4008

Jonathan​ Fenderson

• ​Associate Professor of African and African-American Studies
• ON LEAVE 2020-2021

• E-mail: jfender@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8739

Karma Frierson

• ​Assistant Professor of African and African-American Studies

• E-mail: karma.frierson@wustl.edu

Ron Himes

• Henry E. Hampton, Jr. Artist-in-Residence
• PAD Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Working Group

• E-mail: RHimes@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-3347

Zachary Manditch-Prottas

• Adjunct in African & African American Studies

• E-mail: zmanditch-prottas@wustl.edu

Lerone A.​ Martin

• Director of American Culture Studies
• Associate Professor of Religion and Politics, American Culture Studies, and African and African-American Studies

• E-mail: lerone.martin@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4344

William J. Maxwell

• Professor of English and of African and African-American Studies
• Director of English Undergraduate Studies

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

​Jeffrey McCune

• ​Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and of African and African-American Studies

• E-mail: jmccune@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4486

Sowande’​ Mustakeem

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

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

​Mungai Mutonya

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

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

Adwoa Opong

• Postdoctoral Fellow in African & African American Studies

• E-mail: adwoa.k.opong@wustl.edu

​Shanti Parikh

• ​Associate Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and of African and African-American Studies

• E-mail: shanti.parikh@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7769

​Timothy Parsons

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

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

Samuel Shearer

• Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies
• Faculty of Urban Humanities

• E-mail: sshearer@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8740

Janary Stanton

• Administrative Assistant I

• Phone: 314-935-8556

Sherita Tekise Barnes

• Associate Professor of Social Work

• Phone: 314-935-8318

Vetta Thompson

• Professor of Public Health, Brown School Department of Public Health & Social Work

​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

• E-mail: toliver-diallo@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7879

Geoff Ward

• Professor of African and African-American Studies
• Faculty Affiliate in Sociology and American Culture Studies

• E-mail: gward@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9884

Rafia Zafar

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

• E-mail: zafar@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-3465