Program Coordinator
Désirée Díaz
Associate Professor of Spanish
Program Coordinator, Black Studies Program
Department of Spanish
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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.
Program Committee
Timothy Burke
Professor
Co-Director of the Aydelotte Foundation
History
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- Profile
- Easily Distracted: Culture, Politics, Academia, and Other Shiny Objects
- Aydelotte Foundation
Interests: Africa, cultural studies

Syd Carpenter
Professor Emerita of Art, Peggy Chan Professorship in Black Studies
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Nina A. Johnson
Associate Professor of Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
Black Studies
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Joseph Derrick Nelson
Associate Professor (on sabbatical 2022-23)
Educational Studies
Black Studies Program
Gender & Sexuality Studies
Mellon Mays
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Christy Schuetze
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Sociology and Anthropology
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Edlin Veras
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
Sociology and Anthropology
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Carina Yervasi
Associate Professor of French/Francophone Studies
French and Francophone Studies
Co-Coordinator, Global Studies Program
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Program Associates

Sarah Willie-LeBreton
Provost and Dean of the Faculty
Professor of Sociology
Provost's Office
Sociology and Anthropology
Black Studies
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Staff
Cheryl Sharp
Administrative Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Programs
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
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Debbie Sloman
Administrative Assistant in Classics, Interdisciplinary Programs
Classics
Interdisciplinary Programs
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