Departments & Programs

African Studies

Faculty
Director and Graduate Advisor 
  • Samuel Obeng
Associate Director and Undergraduate Advisor
  • Maria Grosz-Ngate
Professors 
  • Osita Afoaku (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
  • A. B. Assensoh (Emeritus, African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • Salman Al-Ani (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
  • Erna Alant (School of Education)
  • Robert Botne (Linguistics)
  • Kevin Brown (Maurer School of Law)
  • Mellonee Burnim (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Gracia Clark (Emerita, Anthropology)
  • Claude Clegg (History)
  • Stuart Davis (Linguistics)
  • Kenneth DeJong (Linguistics)
  • Hasan El-Shamy (Emeritus, Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Ann Elsner (School of Optometry)
  • Tom Evans (Geography)
  • Marion Frank-Wilson (English)
  • Maria Elizabeth Grabe (The Media School)
  • Kevin Hunt (Anthropology)
  • Eileen Julien (Comparative Literature, French and Italian)
  • Jayanth K. Krishnan (Maurer School of Law)
  • Patricia Kubow (School of Education)
  • David Lohrmann (School of Public Health)
  • Michael Martin (The Media School)
  • Portia Maultsby (Emerita, Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Patrick McNaughton (Fine Arts)
  • Paul Newman (Emeritus, Linguistics)
  • Samuel Obeng (Linguistics)
  • Christiana Ochoa (Maurer School of Law)
  • Alwiya Omar (Linguistics)
  • Patrick O’Meara (Emeritus, International Affairs)
  • Jamie Prenkert (Kelley School of Business)
  • Michael Reece (School of Public Health)
  • Iris Rosa (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • Darlene Sadlier (Emerita, Spanish and Portuguese)
  • Kathy Schick (Anthropology)
  • Antonia Schleicher (Linguistics)
  • Jeanne Sept (Anthropology)
  • John H. Stanfield II (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • Rex Stockton (School of Education)
  • Ruth Stone (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Mohammad Torabi (School of Public Health)
  • Nicholas Toth (Anthropology)
  • Richard Wilk (Anthropology)
  • David Williams (Maurer School of Law)
  • Susan Williams (Maurer School of Law)
Associate Professors 
  • Akinwumi Adesokan (Comparative Literature, The Media School)
  • Heather Akou (Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design)
  • Beth Buggenhagen (Anthropology)
  • Bonnie Brownlee (Emerita, Journalism)
  • Barbara Dennis (School of Education)
  • Jane Goodman (Anthropology)
  • Vivian Halloran (American Studies, English)
  • John Hanson (History)
  • Diane Henshel (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
  • Douglas Horner (School of Optometry)
  • John Johnson (Emeritus, Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • James Kelly (The Media School)
  • Alex Lichtenstein (History)
  • Don Lyon (School of Optometry)
  • Lauren Morris MacLean (Political Science)
  • Murray McGibbon (Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance)
  • Susan Middlestadt (School of Public Health)
  • Keithanne Mockaitis (Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics)
  • Marissa Moorman (History)
  • Michelle Moyd (History)
  • Luciana Namorato (Spanish and Portuguese)
  • Martha Nyikos (School of Education)
  • Cecilia Obeng (School of Public Health)
  • Oana Panaite (French and Italian)
  • Philip Powell (Kelley School of Business)
  • Daniel Reed (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Whitney Schlegel (Biology)
  • Margaret Sutton (School of Education)
  • Estela Vieira (Spanish and Portuguese)
  • Stephen Vinson (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
  • Sarah Young (School of Public Health)
Assistant Professors
  • Vincent Bouchard (French and Italian)
  • Jennifer Brass (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
  • Gregory Fisher (Kelley School of Business)
  • Laura Foster (Gender Studies)
  • Maria Grosz-Ngate (Anthropology)
  • Pedro Machado (History)
  • Beth Meyerson (School of Public Health)
  • Nader Morkus (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
  • Jackson Njau (Geological Sciences)
  • Sarah Osterhoudt (Anthropology)
  • Todd Peabody (School of Optometry)
  • Diane Pelrine (Fine Arts)
  • William Ramos (School of Public Health)
  • Beth Samuelson (School of Education)
  • Jessica Steinberg (International Studies)
  • Verlon Stone (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Ann Marie Thomson (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
  • Henry K. Wakhungu (School of Public and Environmental Affairs)
  • Ahmed Yousseff-Agha (School of Public Health)
Lecturers 
  • David Adu-Amankwah (African Studies)
  • Betty Dlamini (African Studies)
  • Zaineb Istrabadi (Near Eastern Languages and Cultures)
  • Fred Schlegel (Kelley School of Business)
  • A. Beidy Sow (African Studies)
  • Deogratias Tungaraza (African Studies)
  • Dawn Wisher (Kelley School of Business)
Area Studies Librarian 
  • Marion Frank-Wilson
African Languages Coordinator
  • Alwiya Omar
Academic Advising
  • Maria Grosz-Ngate, Woodburn Hall 221, (812) 855-5081