Our People

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

  • Carol Camp Yeakey

    • Professor of Education, Urban Studies, International and Area Studies, African and African American Studies, and American Culture Studies
    • Founding Director of the Center on Urban Research & Public Policy and the Interdisciplinary Program in Urban Studies

    Seigle Hall 142

    Karma Frierson

    • ​Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Performing Arts (Affiliate)
    • (On sabbatical Fall/Spring '23-'24)

    McMillan Hall 240

    Seanna Leath

    • Assistant Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences
    • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Affiliated Faculty

    Somers Family Hall Room 321A

    Gabriel Peoples

    • Past Postdoctoral Ford Foundation Fellow '22-'23
    • Assistant Professor, Gender Studies, Indiana University

      Michelle Purdy

      • Associate Professor of Education
      • Affiliated Faculty, African and African-American Studies, Urban Studies, and Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity

      Seigle 140

      Kelly Schmidt

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

      Busch 107 and McMillan Hall 230

      Rebecca Wanzo

      • Chair and Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
      • African and African-American Studies, Courtesy Affiliation American Culture Studies, Courtesy Affiliation English, Courtesy Affiliation Film and Media Studies, Courtesy Affiliation

      McMillan Hall 215

      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