Department of African American and African Studies

Faculty and Staff

  • Ousseina Alidou

    Associate Professor (New Brunswick)
    Faculty
    Department of African American and African Studies
  • Asha Best

    Teaching Assistant
    Faculty
    Department of African American and African Studies
  • Sterling L. Bland

    Associate Professor and Chairperson
    Faculty
    Department of African American and African Studies
    Department of English
    Graduate Program in American Studies
  • Sherri-Ann P. Butterfield

    Chair & Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology; Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience
    Faculty
    Center for Migration and the Global City
    Department of African American and African Studies
    Department of Sociology and Anthropology
    Graduate Program in American Studies
    Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience
    Program in Women's and Gender Studies
  • Belinda Edmondson

    Professor and Director, Women’s & Gender Studies
    Faculty
    Center for Migration and the Global City
    Department of African American and African Studies
    Department of English
    Graduate Program in American Studies
    Program in Women's and Gender Studies
  • Douglas Ficek

    Part-time Lecturer
    Faculty
    Department of African American and African Studies
    Department of Philosophy
  • Paul Heideman

    Teaching Assistant
    Faculty
    Department of African American and African Studies
  • Wendell P. Holbrook

    Associate Professor
    Faculty
    Department of African American and African Studies
  • Lacey Hunter

    Part-time Lecturer
    Faculty
    Department of African American and African Studies
    Department of History
  • John Keene

    Associate Professor
    Faculty
    Department of African American and African Studies
    Department of English
  • Clement Alexander Price

    Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor of History and Director of the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience
    Faculty
    Center for Migration and the Global City
    Department of African American and African Studies
    Department of History
    Graduate Program in American Studies
    Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience
  • Rabeya Rahman

    Administrative Assistant
    Staff
    Department of African American and African Studies
    Department of History
  • Shana Russell

    Teaching Assistant
    Faculty
    Department of African American and African Studies
  • Said Samatar

    Professor and Editor of the Horn of Africa Journal
    Faculty
    Department of African American and African Studies
    Department of History
  • Christina R. Strasburger

    Department Administrator
    Staff
    Department of African American and African Studies
    Department of History