Professors
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
Associate Professors
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
Assistant Professors
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.
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
Lecturers
Patrick Walter
Lecturer of African and African Diaspora Studies
Education: Ph.D., 2012, English, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Affiliated
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
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
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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
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
