Departments & Programs
African Studies
Faculty
Director and Graduate Advisor
Associate Director
Professors
- Osita Afoaku (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
- A. B. Assensoh (Emeritus, African American and African Diaspora Studies)
- Salman Al-Ani (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
- Erna Alant (School of Education)
- Robert Botne (Linguistics)
- Kevin Brown (Maurer School of Law)
- Mellonee Burnim (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
- Gracia Clark (Anthropology)
- Claude Clegg (History)
- Stuart Davis (Linguistics)
- Kenneth DeJong (Linguistics)
- Hasan El-Shamy (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
- Ann Elsner (School of Optometry)
- Maria Elizabeth Grabe (School of Journalism)
- Kevin Hunt (Anthropology)
- Eileen Julien (Comparative Literature, French and Italian)
- Jayanth K. Krishnan (Maurer School of Law)
- David Lohrmann (School of Public Health)
- Victor Malinovsky (School of Optometry)
- Michael Martin (Communication and Culture)
- Portia Maultsby (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
- Michael McGinnis (Political Science)
- Patrick McNaughton (Fine Arts)
- Samuel Obeng (Linguistics)
- Christiana Ochoa (Maurer School of Law)
- Alwiya Omar (Linguistics)
- Patrick O’Meara (Emeritus, International Affairs)
- Michael Reece (School of Public Health)
- Rafael Reuveney (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
- Iris Rosa (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
- Darlene Sadlier (Spanish and Portuguese)
- Kathy Schick (Anthropology)
- Antonia Schleicher (Linguistics)
- Jeanne Sept (Anthropology)
- John H. Stanfield II (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
- Suzanne Stetkevych (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
- Rex Stockton (School of Education)
- Ruth Stone (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
- Mohammad Torabi (School of Public Health)
- Nicholas Toth (Anthropology)
- Edward Watts (History)
- Richard Wilk (Anthropology)
- David Williams (Maurer School of Law)
Associate Professors
- Akinwumi Adesokan (Comparative Literature)
- Heather Akou (Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design)
- Beth Buggenhagen (Anthropology)
- Bonnie Brownlee (School of Journalism)
- Shingairai Feresu (School of Public Health)
- Marion Frank-Wilson (English)
- Michael Gasser (Computer Science, School of Informatics and Computing)
- Jane Goodman (Communication and Culture)
- Jane Ann Grogg (School of Optometry)
- Vivian Halloran (American Studies, English)
- John Hanson (History)
- Patty Henderson (School of Optometry)
- Diane Henshel (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
- Douglas Horner (School of Optometry)
- John Johnson (Emeritus, Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
- James Kelly (School of Journalism)
- Alex Lichtenstein (History)
- Don Lyon (School of Optometry)
- Lauren Morris MacLean (Political Science)
- Murray McGibbon (Theatre and Drama)
- Susan Middlestadt (School of Public Health)
- Keithanne Mockaitis (Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics)
- Marissa Moorman (History)
- Michael Morrone (Kelley School of Business)
- Martha Nyikos (School of Education)
- Cecilia Obeng (School of Public Health)
- Daniel Reed (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
- Whitney Schlegel (Biology)
- Margaret Sutton (School of Education)
- Stephen Vinson (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
- Suresh Viswanathan (School of Optometry)
Assistant Professors
- Jennifer Brass (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
- Maria Grosz-Ngate (Anthropology)
- Kimberly Kohne (School of Optometry)
- Peter Kollbaum (School of Optometry)
- Pedro Machado (History)
- Michelle Moyd (History)
- Luciana Namorato (Spanish and Portuguese)
- Jackson Njau (Geological Sciences)
- Todd Peabody (School of Optometry)
- Diane Pelrine (Fine Arts)
- Jeff Perotti (School of Optometry)
- Nicholas Port (School of Optometry)
- Beth Samuelson (School of Education)
- Verlon Stone (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
- Ann Marie Thomson (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
- Barbara Van Der Pol (School of Public Health)
- Henry K. Wakhungu (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
- Ahmed Yousseff-Agha (School of Public Health)
Lecturers
- David Adu-Amankwah (African Studies)
- Betty Dlamini (African Studies)
- Zaineb Istrabadi (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
- Michael Morrone (Kelley School of Business)
- Dawn New (Kelley School of Business)
- A. Beidy Sow (African Studies)
Area Studies Librarian
African Languages Coordinator
Academic Advising
- Maria Grosz-Ngate, Woodburn Hall 221, (812) 855-5081
