Omoniyi Afolabi

Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

afolabi@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-4510 |
GWB 3.200H

Education: Ph.D, Luso-Brazilian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Interests: Afro-Brazilian Cultural Studies; Yoruba Diaspora Studies; Lusophone African Literature; Comparative African Diaspora Studies; Latin American Cultural Studies.

Jossianna Arroyo-Martínez

Professor of Latin American Literatures and Cultures, Dept of Spanish and Portuguese, African and African Diaspora Studies

jarroyo@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-4536 |
BEN 3.120

Education: Ph.D., 1998, Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of California at Berkeley

Interests: Latin American, Caribbean, Luso-Brazilian & Afro-Diasporic Literatures & Cultures; Race, Gender & Sexuality in Colonial & Postcolonial Societies; Latin American Literature, Ethnography and Sociology.

Daina Ramey Berry

Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and of History

drb@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 3.116

Education: Ph.D., 1998, United States History, University of California, Los Angeles

Kevin Cokley

Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and of Educational Psychology

kcokley@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4672 |
GWB 4.106

Education: Ph.D., 1998, Counseling Psychology, Georgia State University

Interests: Racial and Ethnic Identity Development; Factors that Impact Academic Achievement of African American Students; Academic Self-Concept; Academic Motivation; Multicultural Psychology and Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture; Afrocentric/African-centered Psychology

Omi Osun Joni L. Jones

Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

jonijones@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-1916 |
GWB 3.134

Education: Ph.D., New York University

Hershini Young

Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

hyoung@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8592 |
GWB 4.118

Education: Ph.D., 1999, Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Simone A. Browne

(on leave)

Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

sbrowne@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 3.138

Education: Ph.D., University of Toronto

Kevin Foster

Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

kmfoster@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8467 |
GWB 3.140

Education: Ph.D., 2001, Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin

Interests: Improvement of Academic Outcomes for African American, Latina/o, and Other Students.

Lyndon K. Gill

Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

lyndonkgill@utexas.edu |
GWB 3.132

Education: Ph.D., Harvard University

Interests: Queer aesthetics in the African Diaspora, the erotic, LGBT art and activism in Caribbean cultures, African-based spiritual traditions in the Americas, subjectivity and community building.

Edmund T. Gordon

Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies & Vice Provost for Diversity

etgordon@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-4231 |
MAI 201

Education: Ph.D., Stanford University

Interests: Culture and Power in the African Diaspora; Gender Studies (particularly Black males); Critical Race Theory; Race Education; Racial Economy of Space and Resources

Minkah Makalani

Associate Professor and graduate Advisor of African and African Diaspora Studies

makalani@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4745 |
GWB 2.202B

Education: Ph.D., 2004, History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Interests: African American; Caribbean; Diaspora; Black Political Thought; Intellectual History; Race and Racial Identity; Empire; Coloniality; Hip-Hop

Stephen H. Marshall

Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and of American Studies

stephenmarshall@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8388 |
GWB 2.116C

Education: Ph.D., 2002, Government, Harvard University

Interests: Ancient and Modern Political Theory; History of Political Thought; 20th Century Political and Social Thought; African American Political Thought; Political Evil; Democratic Theory; Race and Social Justice

Marcelo J. P. Paixão

Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

marcelopaixao@utexas.edu |
512-471-2733 |
GWB 3.142

Education: Ph.D., 2005, Sociology, Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro (IUPERJ)

Interests: Development and Underdevelopment in Brazil, Latin America, and Developing Countries; Racial Inequality; Affirmative Action; Quantitative Methods Applied to Race and Ethnic Injustice; Labor Market; Public Policies Monitoring and Evaluation; Poverty Reduction Programs; Educational and Health Systems; Land Reform

Matt T. Richardson

Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and of English

matturichardson@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 3.200M

Education: Ph.D., 2005, African Diaspora Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Interests: Black LGBTQ/Queer Theory; Literature; Theatre; Sexuality and Feminism Studies

Cherise Smith

Chair & Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, Executive Director of the Galleries at Black Studies

cherise_smith@utexas.edu |
512-471-8043 |
GWB 3.124

Education: Ph.D., Stanford University

Interests: American Art After 1945; The Intersection of Art with Race and Gender; African American Art and Visual Culture; Performance and Conceptual Art Practices; History of Photography; Politics of Identity

Christen Smith

Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and of Anthropology

christen.smith@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6332 |
GWB 3.112

Education: Ph.D., Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University

Interests: Blackness, performance, racial formation, violence, Black women and transnational struggle, Black liberation and resistance in the Americas (particularly Brazil and the United States)

Eric Tang

Associate Professor and Associate Chair of African and African Diaspora Studies

erictang@utexas.edu |
GWB 3.136

Education: Ph.D., New York University

Interests: Racism & Anti-racism; The Poetics of Displacement; Urban Unrest; Activism; Afro-Asian Encounters

Lisa B. Thompson

Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

lbthompson@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4656 |
GWB 4.122

Education: Ph.D., 2000, Modern Thought & Literature, Stanford University

Interests: African American Literature, Film, Cultural Studies, Black Feminist Theory, Contemporary Black Theatre and Performance

Shirley E. Thompson

Associate Professor and Associate Chair of African and African Diaspora Studies; Associate Professor of American Studies

s.thompson@mail.utexas.edu |
GWB 2.116A

Education: Ph.D., 2001, History of American Civilization, Harvard University

Interests: Creole Studies/Creolization; American Studies; Black Film; Diasporic Politics

Omise'eke Tinsley

(on leave)

Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

omiseeketinsley@gmail.com |
GWB 3.200E

Education: Ph.D., 2003, Comparative Literature, University of California at Berkeley

Abimbola Adelakun

Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

adelakun@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-5430 |
GWB 3.120

Education: Ph.D., 2017, Theatre and Dance, The University of Texas at Austin

Interests: Modern African culture with focus on theatre and performance, Pentecostalism and pentecostal culture, indigenous African religions, religious creativity, Yoruba studies, and black popular culture.

Bedour Alagraa

Assistant Professor

bedour_alagraa@brown.edu |
GWB

Education: Ph.D., Africana Studies, Brown University

Interests: Political theory, Caribbean political thought, Black Marxism(s), African anti-colonial thought

Nicole Burrowes

Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

nburrowes@utexas.edu |
512-232-6591 |
GWB 3.200D

Interests: Comparative histories of racialization and colonialism; Black transnationalism; social movements; women of color organizing; film.

Tshepo Masango Chéry

Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

tmchery@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4693 |
GWB 3.108

Education: Ph.D., 2012, History, University of Pennsylvania

Ashley D. Farmer

Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and History

adf@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7971 |
GWB 3.200J

Education: Ph.D., Harvard University

Interests: African American History, African American Women’s History, Black Political Thought.

Yasmiyn Irizarry

Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

yirizarry@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 2.116F

Education: Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington

Mónica Jiménez

Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

majimenez@utexas.edu |
512-471-4126 |
GWB 3.110

Education: Ph.D., 2015, History; J.D., 2007, The University of Texas at Austin

Interests: Legal history of empire, law and race, 20th Century nationalist movements, racialization in the Caribbean, human rights in Latin American and the Caribbean, colonialism and neocolonial practices

Xavier Livermon

Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

livermon@utexas.edu |
GWB 3.118

Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Pavithra Vasudevan

Assistant Professor of Women's & Gender Studies and African & African Diaspora Studies

pavithra@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0762 |
GWB 3.200F

Education: Ph.D., 2018, Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Brenda Burt

Lecturer Emeritae of African and African Diaspora Studies

princekwame@mail.utexas.edu

Patrick Walter

Lecturer of African and African Diaspora Studies

pfwalt@austin.utexas.edu

Education: Ph.D., 2012, English, University at Buffalo, SUNY

Charles O. Anderson

Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and of Theatre and Dance

charles.o.anderson@austin.utexas.edu |
WIN 1.142

Education: M.F.A., 2002, Choreography, Temple University

Interests: African Diaspora and African American (Black) vernacular and concert dance history, Black dance aesthetics, Afrocentric dance pedagogy, choreography and dance composition, contemporary dance, Afrofuturism, critical race theory in dance

Germine Awad

Associate Professor of Educational Psychology

gawad@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0526 |
SZB 506H

Education: Ph.D., 2005, Psychology, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Interests: Attitude Development Expression; Prejudice and Discrimination; Ethnic and Racial Identity; Arab- and African- American Identity; Acculturation; Immigration; Affirmative Action; Self-Image of Black Women.

Anthony L. Brown

Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

alb@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-3902 |
SZB 428L

Education: Ph.D., 2006 Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Keffrelyn Brown

Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

keffrelyn@mail.utexas.edu |
512-232-4257 |
SZB 406

Education: Ph.D., 2006, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Charlotte Canning

Professor of Theatre and Dance

charlottecanning@mail.utexas.edu |
512-471-5793 |
WIN 2.158

Education: Ph.D., University of Washington

Toyin Falola

Professor of History; Jacob & Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities

toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7224 |
GAR 2.142

Education: Ph.D., 1981, History, University of Ife

Interests: African History Since 19th Century

Caroline Faria

Assistant Professor of Geography and the Environment

cvfaria@austin.utexas.edu |
RLP 3.306

Education: Ph.D., University of Washington, WA

Interests: Feminist political and economic geographies; feminist methodologies; intersections of race and gender; gender and nationalism; Africa and the African diaspora (specifically Uganda and South Sudan); the beauty trade and beauty technologies

Maria Franklin

Associate Professor of Anthropology

mfranklin@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8513 |
SAC 4.150

Education: Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley

Interests: Historical archaeology, archaeological theory, African Diaspora studies, race and gender

Laurie B. Green

Associate Professor of History

lbgreen@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-7245 |
GAR 2.116

Education: Ph.D., University of Chicago

Terrance Green

Assistant Professor of Educational Administration

tgreen@austin.utexas.edu |
SZB 310

Education: Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Interests: Dr. Green's research focuses on the nexus of urban school reform and socially just community development. Additionally, his research interests include ways that urban policy can be leveraged to improve educational outcomes and community development in low-income neighborhoods of color.

Louis Harrison

Charles H. Spence, Sr. Centennial Professor in Education

lharrison@mail.utexas.edu |
512-232-4785 |
SZB 428M

Education: Ph.D., 1997, Kinesiology, Louisiana State University

Talia McCray

Assistant Professor of Architecture

tmccray@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-2708 |
SUT 3.134

Education: Ph.D., 2001, Urban Tech and Environmental Planning, University of Michigan

Interests: Transportation Policy and Planning, Healthcare Access, Quantitative and GIS methods, Sustainable Transportation.

Olivia Mena

Postdoctoral Affiliate, Princeton University

oliviamena@austin.utexas.edu

Education: Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science

Robin Moore

Professor of Ethnomusicology

robin.moore@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0373 |
MBE 3.210

Education: Ph.D., 1995, Music, The University of Texas at Austin

Fikile Nxumalo

Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

fnxumalo@austin.utexas.edu |
SZB 528B

Education: Ph.D., Early Childhood Studies, University of Victoria

Chelsi West Ohueri

Postdoctoral Affiliate

chelsiwestohueri@austin.utexas.edu |
SZB 561

Education: Ph.D., Sociocultural Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin

Interests: Race and Racialization, Belonging, Health Disparities, Medical Anthropology, Place and Displacement, Mental Health, Post-communism, Romani and Gypsy Studies, African-American Health, Albania, Southeastern Europe, Central Texas

Moyosore (Moyo) Okediji

Professor of Art and Art History

moyo.okediji@mail.utexas.edu |
512-471-0126 |
ART 1.210

Education: Ph.D., 1995, African and African American Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Samantha Pinto

Associate Professor of English

samantha.pinto@utexas.edu |
PAR 324

Interests: African and African Diaspora Literature, Film, & Culture, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Transnational Feminist Theory, Postcolonial Theory

Richard J. Reddick

Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy

richard.reddick@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8587 |
SZB 374E

Education: Ed.D., 2007, Higher Education, Harvard University

Interests: Mentoring, African-American faculty, African-American families, historically Black colleges and universities

Allison Skerrett

Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction

askerrett@mail.utexas.edu |
512-232-4883 |
SZB 334A

Education: Ph.D., 2007, Curriculum and Instruction, Boston College

Interests: Secondary English Curriculum, Adolescent Literacy, Multicultural Education, Sociocultural Influences on Teaching and Learning

Almeida Jacqueline Toribio

Professor of Spanish and Portuguese

toribio@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4936 |
BEN 2.116

Education: Ph.D., 1993, Linguistics, Cornell University

Juliet E. K. Walker

Professor of History

jekwalker@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-5581 |
GAR 2-136

Education: Ph.D., 1976, American History, University of Chicago

Jennifer M. Wilks

Associate Professor of English

jmwilks@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8702 |
PAR 329

Education: Ph.D., 2003, Cornell University

Interests: African American Literature; African Diaspora Studies; Caribbean Literature; Women and Gender Studies

Helena Woodard

Associate Professor of English

hwood@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8703 |
PAR 331

Education: Ph.D., 1991, English, University of North Carolina

Interests: 18th Century British Literature; Ethnic and Third World Literature; American Literature, Critical Race Theory; Women, Gender, and Literature