AADS Faculty
Abimbola Adelakun
Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
adelakun@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-5430 |
GWB 3.120
Education: Ph.D., Theatre and Dance, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Critical spirituality, Pentecostalism and Pentecostal culture, religious creativity, modern African cultural performances and expressions,Yoruba studies, and black expressive cultures.
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.
Bedour Alagraa
Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
bedour.alagraa@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4693 |
GWB 3.108
Education: Ph.D., Africana Studies, Brown University
Interests: Political theory, Caribbean political thought, Black Marxism(s), African anti-colonial thought
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
Sharon Bridgforth
Lecturer, African and African Diaspora Studies
Education: B.A., Creative Writing & Broadcast Media, California State University
Simone A. Browne
Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
sbrowne@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 3.138
Kevin Cokley, PhD
Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and of Educational Psychology
kcokley@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-4672 |
GWB 4.106
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
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.
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
Yasmiyn Irizarry, PhD
Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
yirizarry@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 2.116F
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: 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
Minkah Makalani
Associate Professor 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
Olivia Mena
Lecturer, African and African Diaspora Studies & Postdoctoral Affiliate, Princeton University
Education: Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science
Marcelo J. P. Paixão, PhD
Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
marcelopaixao@utexas.edu |
512-471-2733 |
GWB 3.142
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
Ashanté Reese
Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
ashante.reese@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 3.200M
Education: PhD Anthropology, American University, Washington D.C.
Interests: Critical food studies and food justice, plantation geographies, Black geographies, abolition, ethnographic methods and practice.
Cherise Smith
Chair & 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, PhD
Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and of Anthropology
christen.smith@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-6332 |
GWB 3.112
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, PhD
Associate Professor and Associate Chair of African and African Diaspora Studies
erictang@utexas.edu |
GWB 3.136
Interests: Racism & Anti-racism; The Poetics of Displacement; Urban Unrest; Activism; Afro-Asian Encounters
Kevin J.A. Thomas, PhD
Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
kjthomas@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 3.116
Education: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Lisa B. Thompson
(on leave)
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: Black feminist theory, Black theatre and performance, cultural studies, film, African American literature 1945-present.
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
Pavithra Vasudevan
(on leave)
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
Priscilla Vaz
Postdoctoral Fellow
Priscilla.Vaz@austin.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Interests: Black social economies, Black urban geographies, Afro-Latina feminisms, grassroots research, decolonizing methodologies, radical pedagogies
Patrick Walter
Lecturer of African and African Diaspora Studies
Education: Ph.D., 2012, English, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Interests: African American Literature and Popular Culture; Film and Visual Studies; Marxism; Psychoanalysis
Traci-Ann Wint
Lecturer of African and African Diaspora Studies
trwint@utexas.edu |
512-471-8525 |
GWB 3.200M
Education: Ph.D., African and African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
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
Professor Emerita
Omi Osun Joni L. Jones
Professor Emerita of African and African Diaspora Studies
Education: Ph.D., New York University
Affiliated
Adewole Adamson, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
adewole.adamson@austin.utexas.edu |
512 495 5664
Charles O. Anderson
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, PhD
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
gawad@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-0526 |
SZB 506H
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, PhD
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
alb@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-3902 |
SZB 428L
Keffrelyn Brown, PhD
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
keffrelyn@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-4257 |
SZB 406
Nicole Burrowes
Assistant Professor of History, Rutgers University
Interests: Comparative histories of racialization and colonialism; Black transnationalism; social movements; women of color organizing; film.
Charlotte Canning
Professor of Theatre and Dance
charlottecanning@mail.utexas.edu |
512-471-5793 |
WIN 2.158
Education: Ph.D., University of Washington
Danielle Clealand
Associate Professor of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
danielle.clealand@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-2439 |
GWB 2.322
Education: Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Interests: Black politics in the Spanish speaking Caribbean and the United States, group consciousness, Afro-Latino politics and identity, black public opinion and racial inequality
Ashley Coleman Taylor
Assistant Professor
ashleycolemantaylor@austin.utexas.edu |
BUR
Education: Ph.D., Emory University
Interests: Black Feminism | Black Genders and Sexualities | Queer of Color Critique | Philosophical Pragmatism | Africana Religions | Puerto Rican Studies | Religions of the Caribbean | Black/Feminist Geographies
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, PhD
Assistant Professor of Educational Administration
tgreen@austin.utexas.edu |
SZB 310
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, PhD
Charles H. Spence, Sr. Centennial Professor in Education
lharrison@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-4785 |
SZB 428M
Xavier Livermon
Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
Education: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Gesel Mason
Associate Professor of Contemporary Dance Technique and Choreography
gesel.mason@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-5331 |
WIN 2.132E
Education: M.F.A. in Dance, University of Colorado Boulder
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.
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
Interests: Music of the African Diaspora, especially Cuba and the Hispanic Caribbean; Music and Race, Music Curriculum Reform
Chelsi West Ohueri
Assistant Professor
chelsiwestohueri@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-9129 |
BUR 462
Education: Ph.D., Sociocultural Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Race and Racialization, Belonging, Romani Studies, Health Disparities, Medical Anthropology, Place and Displacement, Southeastern Europe
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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
Education: PhD, UCLA
Interests: African and African Diaspora Literature, Film, & Culture, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Transnational Feminist Theory, Postcolonial Theory
Richard J. Reddick, EdD
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy
richard.reddick@austin.utexas.edu |
512-475-8587 |
SZB 374E
Interests: Mentoring, African-American faculty, African-American families, historically Black colleges and universities
Allison Skerrett, PhD
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
askerrett@austin.utexas.edu |
512-232-4883 |
SZB 334A
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: Comparative African American and Caribbean literatures, contemporary African diasporic literature, Francophone literature and culture, women's and gender studies
Helena Woodard
Associate Professor of English
hwood@austin.utexas.edu |
512-471-8703 |
PAR 331
Education: Ph.D., 1991, English, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Interests: 18th Century British Literature; Ethnic and Third World Literature; American Literature, Critical Race Theory; Women, Gender, and Literature
