Brandi Wilkins Catanese Dept of African American Studies Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies critical race theory, African American theater, non-traditional casting, racial performativity, gender studies, sexuality studies, American popular culture
Chiyuma Elliott Dept of African American Studies poetry and poetics, African American literature, intellectual history - 1920s to the present, Black Geography/Cultural Geography
Nikki Jones Dept of African American Studies African American communities, policing, racial/gender disparities and the criminal justice system, violence and violence interventions
G. Ugo Nwokeji Dept of African American Studies Atlantic slave trade, historical demography, African history and political economy, oil and gas policy.
Tianna Paschel Dept of African American Studies Dept of Sociology racial ideology, politics, globalization, Latin America
john powell Berkeley Law Dept of African American Studies Dept of Ethnic Studies Civil rights and civil liberties, structural racialization, racial justice and regionalism, concentrated poverty and urban sprawl, opportunity based housing, voting rights, affirmative action in the United States, South Africa and Brazil, racial and ethnic identity, spirituality and social justice, and the needs of citizens in a democratic society
Leigh Raiford Dept of African American Studies social movements, visual culture, memory, photography, African American history and culture
Janelle Scott Berkeley School of Education Dept of African American Studies educational policy, charter schools, politics of education, race and education, school choice, desegregation, philanthropy and education, advocacy
Stephen Small Dept of African American Studies public history, African diaspora in Europe, British imperialism
Ula Y. Taylor Dept of African American Studies 20th century African American history, African American women's history, black feminist theory, black nationalism