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Faculty & Staff

Program Coordinator

Désirée Díaz

Associate Professor of Spanish

Program Coordinator, Black Studies Program

Department of Spanish

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7682
  2. Kohlberg 338
  3. Office Hours:

    Tuesdays and Thursdays

    11:30 am - 12:30pm (or by appointment)

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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

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8115
  2. Trotter 206
  3. Parrish W201
  4. Office Hours:

    Tuesdays, 2-4:30 p.m. & Thursdays, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., or by appointment

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  2. Easily Distracted: Culture, Politics, Academia, and Other Shiny Objects
  3. Aydelotte Foundation

Interests: Africa, cultural studies

Professor Timothy J. Burke

Syd Carpenter

Professor Emerita of Art, Peggy Chan Professorship in Black Studies

Contact

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  2. Website
Syd Carpenter

Anthony Foy

Associate Professor

English Literature

Black Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-6867
  2. Lang Performing Arts Center 207
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Foy 2015

Nina A. Johnson

Associate Professor of Sociology

Sociology and Anthropology

Black Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5773
  2. Kohlberg 243
  3. On sabbatical Fall 2022- Spring 2023
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Professor Nina Johnson

Joseph Derrick Nelson

Associate Professor (on sabbatical 2022-23)

Educational Studies

Black Studies Program

Gender & Sexuality Studies

Mellon Mays

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6493
  2. Pearson 109
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Peter Schmidt

William R. Kenan Jr., Professor

English Literature

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8156
  2. Lang Performing Arts Center 206
  3. Office Hours:

    Tues and Thurs 11:15 to 12:00 
    and by appointment.
    (in person or via Zoom)

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Christy Schuetze

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Sociology and Anthropology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8108
  2. Kohlberg 238
  3. On sabbatical Fall 2022- Spring 2023
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Edlin Veras

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology

Sociology and Anthropology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6310
  2. Kohlberg 234
  3. Office Hours:

    By appointment
    Wednesdays, 1:00- 2:30pm, in person or via Zoom 

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Professor Edlin Veras

Carina Yervasi

Associate Professor of French/Francophone Studies

French and Francophone Studies

Co-Coordinator, Global Studies Program

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8167
  2. Kohlberg 309
  3. Office Hours:

    Tues/Thurs: 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
    Also by appointment via Zoom

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Program Associates

Val Smith

President

President's Office

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8314
  2. Parrish Hall E236S
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Valerie Smith

Sarah Willie-LeBreton

Provost and Dean of the Faculty

Professor of Sociology

Provost's Office

Sociology and Anthropology

Black Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8319
  2. Parrish Hall 228
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Professor Sarah Willie Lebreton

Staff

Cheryl Sharp

Administrative Coordinator

Interdisciplinary Programs

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7750
  2. Trotter Hall 107
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Debbie Sloman

Administrative Assistant in Classics, Interdisciplinary Programs

Classics

Interdisciplinary Programs

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8165
  2. Trotter Hall 110 Classics
  3. Trotter Hall 107 Interdisciplinary Programs
Debbie Sloman