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,
Executive Director of CRE2,
Senior Advisor to the Chancellor
Shelley Mitchom
Administrative Coordinator
John Mundell
Postdoctoral Fellow, AFAS
Jose'-Maria Munoz
Senior Research Scholar
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
Bronwyn Nichols Lodato
Assistant Professor, Education & African & African American Studies
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
On Sabbatical Spring 2025
Gabriel Peoples
Past Postdoctoral Ford Foundation Fellow '22-'23
Assistant Professor, Gender Studies, Indiana University
Kyle Proehl
Editorial Assistant, James Baldwin Review
Michelle Purdy
Associate Professor of Education
Affiliated Faculty, African & African-American Studies, Urban Studies, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, & Equity, and History
Jessica Samuel
Postdoctoral Fellow, AFAS
Kelly Schmidt
Reparative Public Historian and Lecturer, Special Collections Management Research Associate, WashU & Slavery Project
Samuel Shearer
Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies
(On sabbatical Spring '25)
Monisola V. Smith
Postdoctoral Fellow, AFAS
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,
Curriculum Advisor 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
African and African-American Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
American Culture Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
English, Courtesy Affiliation
Film and Media Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
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)
Gabrielle Weeden
Community & Program Coordinator
Rafia Zafar
Professor Emerita of English and African & African American Studies