G. Ugo Nwokeji Dept of African American Studies Atlantic slave trade, historical demography, African history and political economy, oil and gas policy
Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers Dept of History slavery, African-American History, Women's History, Women and the Law, Slavery and the Law
Jeroen Dewulf Dept of German folklore, Dutch studies, transatlantic slavery, German literature, Portuguese Studies, post-colonial studies, hybridity
Henry Washington Jr. Dept of African American Studies 19th and 20th century African American literature, Black intellectual history, black feminist, queer, and trans theories, black critical theory, aesthetics and visual culture, performance studies
Ula Y. Taylor Dept of African American Studies 20th century African American history, African American women's history, Black feminist theory, black nationalism
Leigh Raiford Dept of African American Studies social movements, visual culture, memory, photography, African American history and culture
Desmond Jagmohan Dept of Political Science history of political thought, American political thought, African American political thought, race and American political development
Micah Khater Dept of African American Studies African American history, Black feminist theory, carceral studies, disability studies, racial formation in Arabic-speaking communities
Samuel Otter Dept of English English, 19th century American literature, 17th and 18th century American literature, African American literature, Herman Melville, race in American culture, literature and history, discourse and ideology, word and image studies, close reading
Nikki Jones Dept of African American Studies African American communities, policing, racial/gender disparities and the criminal justice system, violence and violence interventions
Margaretta Markle Lovell Dept of History of Art cultural history, American art, architecture, design, Public art history
Travis J. Bristol Dept of African American Studies School of Education race and gender, urban schooling, organizational contexts of teachers' work, educational equity, African American students in schools
Scott Saul Dept of English 20th and 21st century American literature, African American literature, cultural studies, drama, film
Zamansele Nsele Dept of History of Art modern & contemporary African diaspora visual art, modern & contemporary African visual art, Black art, Black & African feminisms, critical theories of Blackness, African modernism, theories of nostalgia and melancholia, visual activism
Darlène Dubuisson Dept of African American Studies Apocalyptic anthropology, Black feminist theory, Black intellectual history, Caribbean Studies, Haitian diaspora, immigration and migration, transnationalism and diaspora, speculation, inequality and crisis, crises and futures, visual culture
Shannon Steen Dept of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies critical race theory, performance theory, American studies, U.S. histories of popular performance, U.S. urban development, globalization studies
Lok Siu Dept of Ethnic Studies diaspora, transnational migration, un/belonging and citizenship, racial/ethnic/gender formation, food, ethnography, Chinese diaspora, hemispheric Asian American studies
Elena A. Schneider Dept of History Latin America, Caribbean, Atlantic World, cuba, comparative colonialism and slavery
Daniel Perlstein School of Education schooling, diversity, democracy, urban education, teachers unions, inequality education
Patrice D. Douglass Dept of Gender and Women's Studies Black feminist theory, Afro-pessimism, feminist philosophy, gender and sexual violence, feminist legal theory, legal theory, political philosophy, Black political thought
Bryan Wagner Dept of English community-engaged research / scholarship, research practice partnership, community-based research partnerships