Stephen Best Dept of English film, English literature, African American literature, literary culture, legal culture
Ula Y. Taylor Dept of African American Studies 20th century African American history, African American women's history, Black feminist theory, black nationalism
Nicole Holliday Dept of Linguistics sociolinguistics, phonetics, sociophonetics, issues of language and identity, language and media, African American English
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
Ianna Hawkins Owen Dept of Gender and Women's Studies African American studies, African diaspora, queer studies
Leigh Raiford Dept of African American Studies social movements, visual culture, memory, photography, African American history and culture
Nikki Jones Dept of African American Studies African American communities, policing, racial/gender disparities and the criminal justice system, violence and violence interventions
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
Scott Saul Dept of English 20th and 21st century American literature, African American literature, cultural studies, drama, film
Donna Jones Dept of English critical theory, English, modernism, literature and philosophy, literature of the Americas, literature of the African Diaspora, postcolonial literature and theory, narrative and historiography
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
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
Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers Dept of History slavery, African-American History, Women's History, Women and the Law, Slavery and the Law
Jeffrey Knapp Dept of English English literature, Shakespeare, English renaissance, Spenser, drama, theater, American film history, film theory and production, critical theory, imperialism, nationalism, mass entertainment, authorship
Henry Washington Jr. Dept of African American Studies 19th and 20th century African American literature, black intellectual histories, black feminist, queer, and trans theories, black critical theory, aesthetics and visual culture, performance studies
Dorothy Hale Dept of English English literature, American literature, the novel, narrative theory, critical theory, Henry James, William Faulkner, modern novel of consciousness
Frank C. Worrell School of Education development, education, cognition, academic talent development, adolescence, African American, at-risk youth, English-speaking Caribbean, ethnic identity, gifted, psychosocial development, racial identity, school psychology, teacher effectiveness, Trinidad and Tobago, time perspective
William White Dept of Anthropology historical archaeology, African American archaeology, historic preservation, heritage conservation, community based participatory research
Hertha D. Sweet Wong Dept of English American literature, Native American literature, autobiography, ethnic American literature
Kristin Hanson Dept of English linguistics, English, poetry, meter, rhyme, alliteration, textsetting, phonological theory, English grammar and usage
G. Ugo Nwokeji Dept of African American Studies Atlantic slave trade, historical demography, African history and political economy, oil and gas policy
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