Faculty

Chinua Achebe David and Marianna Fisher University Professor African Literature Chinua_Achebe@brown.edu		Barrymore Bogues Harmon Family Professor Africana Intellectual History and Political Thought Barrymore_Bogues@brown.edu
Lundy Braun Professor Pathology, Medicine and Science Studies Lundy_Braun@brown.edu		Dorothy Denniston Associate Professor African American Literature Dorothy_Denniston@brown.edu
Anani Dzidzienyo Associate Professor African/Latin American History and Politics Anani_Dzidzienyo@brown.edu		Françoise N. Hamlin Hans Rothfels Assistant Professor History and Africana Studies Francoise_Hamlin@brown.edu
Paget Henry Professor Caribbean Philosophy and Sociology Paget_Henry@brown.edu		Nancy Jacobs Associate Professor African History Nancy_Jacobs@brown.edu
Keisha-Khan Y. Perry Assistant Professor African Diaspora Feminisms and Anthropology Keisha-Khan_Perry@brown.edu		Ruth J. Simmons University President African Diasporic Literature Ruth_Simmons@brown.edu
Tricia Rose Professor and Chair African American Cultural Politics and Gender Studies Tricia_Rose@brown.edu		Elmo Terry-Morgan Associate Professor African American Theatre, Speech and Dance Elmo_Terry-Morgan@brown.edu
Corey D. B. Walker Associate Professor African American Philosophy and Religion cdbwalker@brown.edu		John Edgar Wideman Asa Messer Professor African American Literature John_Edgar_Wideman@brown.edu

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Distinguished Visiting Faculty

Ama Ata Aidoo
Visiting Professor
African Literature
Ama_Ata_Aidoo@brown.edu

George Lamming
Visiting Professor
Caribbean Literature
George_Lamming@brown.edu

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Affiliated Faculty

Olakunle George Associate Professor African/Post-Colonial Literature Olakunle_George@brown.edu		Glenn C. Loury Merton P. Stoltz Professor Economics Glenn_Loury@brown.edu
Rolland Murray Associate Professor African American Literature Rolland_Murray@brown.edu

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Visiting Faculty

Charles E. Cobb, Jr.
Visiting Professor
African American History
Charles_Cobb@brown.edu

Donald W. King
Lecturer
African Diaspora Theatre
Donald_William_King@brown.edu

LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant
Visiting Scholar
African Diaspora Religions
Rhon_Manigault-Bryant@brown.edu

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Catherine Bliss
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Race and Science Studies
Catherine_Bliss@brown.edu

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Staff

Karen Allen Baxter Managing Director Karen_Baxter@brown.edu		Alonzo T. Jones Technical Director Alonzo_Jones@brown.edu
Dawn M. Jackson Administrative Office Assistant Dawn_Jackson@brown.edu		Donna Mitchell Administrative Manager Donna_Mitchell@brown.edu

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About the Faculty

The Department of Africana Studies at Brown has one of the leading faculties in the field. Members of the faculty have received many prestigious honors and awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship, the MacArthur Fellowship, and Somerset Maugham Award. In addition, Africana Studies faculty members have successfully competed for fellowships and grants to support their research from such institutions as the Ford Foundation, Fulbright Program, National Endowment for the Arts, and National Science Foundation.