Program Coordinator
Joseph Derrick Nelson
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Black Studies
Educational Studies
Black Studies
Gender & Sexuality Studies
Contact
Links
Program Committee
Jamal Batts
Assistant Professor
Black Studies
Contact
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Timothy Burke
Professor
Department Chair, History (co-chair)
History
Contact
Links
- Profile
- Easily Distracted: Culture, Politics, Academia, and Other Shiny Objects
- Aydelotte Foundation
Interests: Africa, cultural studies
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Desiree Diaz
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Comparative Literature
Spanish
Comparative Literature
Contact
Links
Interests: Latin American literature and cultural studies, Caribbean literature and visual culture, US Latino/a studies, film studies, performance studies, popular and material culture, urban studies.
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Anthony Foy
Associate Professor
Department Chair, English Literature
English Literature
Black Studies
Contact
Links
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Nina Johnson
Associate Professor of Sociology
Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology
Black Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
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Links
Christy Schuetze
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Department Chair, Sociology & Anthropology
Sociology & Anthropology-Anthropology
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Links
Marshall Smith
Assistant Professor
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Black Studies
Gender & Sexuality Studies
Contact
Interests: Francophone and Anglophone Caribbean Literatures and Cultures, African Diaspora Studies, Visual and Material Cultures, Critical Theory, Black Geographies, Africana Philosophy, and Queer Studies.
![Marshall Smith](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_photos/msmith14.jpg?itok=iQomcNFh)
Edlin Veras
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology
Black Studies
Contact
Links
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Carina Yervasi
Associate Professor
Executive Director, Global Engagement
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Global Engagement
Global Studies
Contact
Links
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Program Associates
![Valerie Smith](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/vsmith1/valerie_smith_about_110x110.jpg?itok=Nih1g1Xu)
Emeriti
Syd Carpenter
Peggy Chan Professor Emerita of Black Studies
Emeritus Art
Contact
Links
![Syd Carpenter](https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_photos/Syd_thumb.jpg?itok=F-UqEbKT)
Allison Dorsey
Professor Emerita
Emeritus History
Contact
Links
Interests: African American, African American women, U.S., South, food
Staff
Cheryl Sharp
Administrative Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Programs
Contact
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Deb Sloman
Administrative Assistant II, Classics; Administrative Assistant II, Asian Studies; Temporary Administrative Coordinator, Political Science
Classics
Interdisciplinary Programs
Contact
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