Departments & Programs

African American & African Diaspora Studies

Faculty
Chair 
  • Valerie Grim
Professors 
  • A. B. Assensoh (Emeritus)
  • Winona Fletcher (Emerita)
  • Valerie Grim
  • Herman Hudson (Emeritus)
  • Phyllis Klotman (Emerita)
  • Audrey McCluskey
  • John McCluskey (Emeritus)
  • Iris Rosa
  • John H. Stanfield II
  • William Wiggins (Emeritus)
  • Vernon Williams
Associate Professors
  • Frederick McElroy
  • James E. Mumford (Emeritus)
Adjunct Professors 
  • Akin Adesokan (Comparative Literature)
  • Yvette Alex-Assensoh (Political Science)
  • David N. Baker (Jacobs School of Music)
  • Karen Bowdre (Communication and Culture)
  • Kevin Brown (Maurer School of Law)
  • Mellonee Burnim (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Carolyn Calloway-Thomas (Communication and Culture)
  • Claude Clegg (History)
  • Dionne Danns (School of Education)
  • Kandace Hinton (College of Education—Indiana State University)
  • Mary Howard-Hamilton (College of Education—Indiana State University)
  • Robin Hughes (Academic Support and Diversity)
  • Onwuchekwa Jemie (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Monroe Little (African American Studies—IUPUI)
  • James Madison (History)
  • Portia Maultsby (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Michael McGerr (History)
  • Najjaf Modibo (African American Studies, Labor Studies—IUPUI)
  • Frank Motley (Maurer School of Law)
  • Amrita Myers (History)
  • John Nieto-Phillips (History, Latino Studies)
  • Samuel Obeng (Linguistics)
  • Stephanie Power-Carter (School of Education)
  • Gary Sailes (School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation)
  • Amos Sawyer (Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis)
  • Charles E. Sykes (African American Arts Institute)
  • Dennis Williams Jr. (African American Arts Institute)
Director of Graduate Studies 
  • Audrey McCluskey, (812) 855-3875
Director of Undergraduate Studies 
  • Frederick McElroy, (812) 855-3875
Academic Advising 
  • Jodie Sackley, Memorial East M25, (812) 855-3875 or 855-6270