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

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

(on leave)

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

oliviamena@austin.utexas.edu

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

kevin.thomas@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 3.116

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

pfwalt@austin.utexas.edu

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

Omi Osun Joni L. Jones

Professor Emerita of African and African Diaspora Studies

omijones@utexas.edu

Education: Ph.D., New York University

Simone A. Browne, PhD

Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies

sbrowne@austin.utexas.edu |
GWB 3.138

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

nburrowes@utexas.edu

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

livermon@utexas.edu

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

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