Program Coordinator
Joseph Nelson
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Black Studies
Educational Studies
Black Studies
Gender & Sexuality Studies
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Program Committee
Jamal Batts
Assistant Professor
Black Studies
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Timothy Burke
Professor
Department Chair, History (co-chair)
History
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- Profile
- Easily Distracted: Culture, Politics, Academia, and Other Shiny Objects
- Aydelotte Foundation
Interests: Africa, cultural studies

Desiree Diaz
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Comparative Literature
Spanish
Comparative Literature
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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.

Anthony Foy
Associate Professor
Department Chair, English Literature
English Literature
Black Studies
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Nina Johnson
Associate Professor of Sociology
Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology
Black Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
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Christy Schuetze
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Sociology & Anthropology-Anthropology
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Marshall Smith
Assistant Professor
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Black Studies
Gender & Sexuality Studies
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Interests: Francophone and Anglophone Caribbean Literatures and Cultures, African Diaspora Studies, Visual and Material Cultures, Critical Theory, Black Geographies, Africana Philosophy, and Queer Studies.

Edlin Veras
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology
Black Studies
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Carina Yervasi
Associate Professor
Executive Director, Global Engagement
Section Head, French & Francophone Studies
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Global Engagement
Global Studies
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Program Associates

Emeriti
Syd Carpenter
Peggy Chan Professor Emerita of Black Studies
Emeritus Art
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Allison Dorsey
Professor Emerita
Emeritus History
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Interests: African American, African American women, U.S., South, food
Staff
Cheryl Sharp
Administrative Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Programs
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Deb Sloman
Administrative Assistant II, Classics; Administrative Assistant II, Asian Studies; Administrative Assistant, Temporary, College Art Collection
Classics
Interdisciplinary Programs
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