Faculty & Staff

Chair

Joseph Derrick Nelson

Associate Professor

Department Chair, Black Studies

Educational Studies

Black Studies

Gender & Sexuality Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6493
  2. Office Hours: Wednesday - 1:15 pm -3:45 pm
    Pearson 109

Links

  1. Profile

*When contacting Joseph Nelson, please be sure to copy Kelly Gomez Zimmer (kgomezz1@swarthmore.edu) on all correspondence.

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Faculty

Jamal Batts

Assistant Professor

Black Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-3718
  2. Parrish Hall W223
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Valerie Smith

President

President's Office

Contact

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

Links

  1. Website
Valerie Smith

Marshall Smith III

Assistant Professor

On Leave - Academic Year

Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies

Black Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-3357
  2. Kohlberg Hall 341
  3. Office Hours: Wednesdays 4-6 p.m.

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

Edlin Veras

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology

Black Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6310
  2. Science Center 252D
  3. Office Hours: By appointment
    Mondays, 4:00- 5:00pm
    Via Zoom

Links

  1. Profile
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Affiliated Faculty

Timothy Burke

Professor

On Leave - Fall

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8115
  2. Trotter Hall 206
  3. Office Hours: On leave Fall 2025

Links

  1. Profile
  2. Eight by Seven

Interests: Africa, cultural studies

Professor Timothy J. Burke

Desiree Diaz

Associate Professor

Program Coordinator, Latin American & Latinx Studies

Spanish

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7682
  2. Kohlberg Hall 338
  3. Office Hours: On Leave 24-25

Links

  1. Profile

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

  1. Phone: (610) 690-6867
  2. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 207

Links

  1. Profile
Foy 2015

Nina Johnson

(she-her-hers-herself)

Associate Professor of Sociology

Department Chair, Sociology & Anthropology

Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology

Black Studies

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5773
  2. Science Center 253
  3. Office Hours: Mondays, 4:00-7:00pm

Links

  1. Profile
Professor Nina Johnson

Elise Mitchell

Assistant Professor

History

Contact

  1. Trotter Hall 213
  2. Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays, 8 a.m. - 10 a.m., or by appointment

Links

  1. Profile
Elise Mitchell

Peter Schmidt

William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor

English Literature

Environmental Studies

Black Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8156
  2. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 206
  3. Office Hours: Tuesdays  2:35 to 3:30
    and by appointment.
    (in person or via Zoom)

Links

  1. Profile
  2. Website
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Tracey Stewart

Assistant Professor

On Leave - Academic Year

Music

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6266
  2. Lang Music Building 411

Links

  1. Profile
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Isaiah Wooden

Associate Professor

Department Chair, Theater

Theater

Contact

  1. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 307

Links

  1. Profile
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Carina Yervasi

Associate Professor

Executive Director, Global Engagement

Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies

Global Engagement Office

Global Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8167
  2. Kohlberg Hall 309
  3. Cunningham House Scott Arboretum
  4. Office Hours:  In-person in Kohlberg 309, Tuesdays, 2:00 - 4:00 pm &  Thursdays, 9:00 - 11:00 am, 2:00 - 4:00 pm. Virtual on Google Meet,  Fridays, 12:30 - 3:00 pm. Please sign up at the following link.

Links

  1. Profile
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Emeriti

Syd Carpenter

Peggy Chan Professor Emerita of Black Studies

Emeritus Art

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8069
  2. Beardsley Hall 217

Links

  1. Profile
  2. Website
Syd Carpenter

Allison Dorsey

Professor Emerita

Emeritus History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7676
  2. Trotter Hall 213

Links

  1. Profile

Interests: African American, African American women, U.S., South, food

 

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Micheline Rice-Maximin

Associate Professor Emerita

Emeritus Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8680

Links

  1. Profile
Micheline Rice-Maximin

Deans and Staff

Karima Bouchenafa

Assistant Dean & Director, Black Cultural Center

Student Affairs

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8455
  2. Black Cultural Center (Robinson House)
Karima Bouchenafa

Kelly Gomez Zimmer

(she-her-hers-herself)

Administrative Coordinator

Interdisciplinary Programs

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5048
  2. Trotter Hall 107

Links

  1. Profile
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Deb Sloman

(she-her-hers-herself)

Administrative Assistant II, Classics; Administrative Assistant II, Asian Studies

Classics

Interdisciplinary Programs

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8165
  2. Trotter Hall 110
  3. Trotter Hall 107
Deb Sloman