People
- Department Head
- Faculty
- Emeritus Professors
- Affiliate Faculty
- Staff
- Graduate Students
- Recent Graduates
- Academic Advisor
Department Head
Cynthia A. Young
- Department Head, African American Studies
- Associate Professor of African American Studies, English, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Email: cay9@psu.edu
Faculty
Ray Block
- Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies
Phone: (814) 863-7660
Email: rjb6233@psu.edu
Ebony Coletu
- Assistant Professor of African American Studies, English, and African Studies
Phone: (814) 863-2343
Email: euc179@psu.edu
Amira Rose Davis
- Assistant Professor of History, African American Studies, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Email: ard51@psu.edu
J. Marlena Edwards
- Assistant Professor of African American Studies, History, and African Studies
Phone: (814) 865-8719
Email: jue328@psu.edu
Gabrielle Foreman
- Paterno Family Professor of American Literature and Professor of African American Studies and History
Email: pgf5052@psu.edu
Keith Gilyard
- Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and African American Studies
- Director of Graduate Studies
Phone: (814) 865-9123
Email: rkg3@psu.edu
Jennifer Hamer
- Professor of African American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Senior Faculty Mentor, Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity
Email: JenniferHamer@psu.edu
Abraham Khan
- Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Communication Arts and Sciences
Phone: (814) 863-8966
Email: axk418@psu.edu
Alex Lubin
- Professor of African American Studies
- Interim Director of Undergraduate Studies
Phone: (814) 865-7114
Email: alubin@psu.edu
AnneMarie Mingo
- Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Phone: (814) 867-5954
Email: axm583@psu.edu
Shirley Moody-Turner
- Associate Professor of English and African American Studies
Phone: (814) 863-9584
Email: scm18@psu.edu
Candis Smith
- Laurence and Lynne Brown-McCourtney Early Career Professor in the McCourtney Institute and Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies
Phone: (814) 863-8978
Email: cws5853@psu.edu
Sam Tenorio
- Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and African American Studies
Phone: (814) 865-5888
Email: sut508@psu.edu
Darryl Thomas
- Associate Professor of African American Studies
Phone: (814) 863-2427
Email: dct10@psu.edu
Timeka Tounsel
- Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Media Studies
Phone: (814) 865-9496
Email: tnt14@psu.edu
Niki vonLockette
- Associate Professor of Public Policy and African American Studies
Phone: (814) 865-5672
Email: ntd10@psu.edu
Dara Walker
- Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Phone: (814) 865-5005
Email: duw482@psu.edu
Michael West
- Professor of African American Studies, History, and African Studies
- Fall 2020-Interim Director of Graduate Studies
Phone: (814) 865-6873
Email: mow5397@psu.edu
Emeritus Professors
Vincent Colapietro
- Liberal Arts Research Professor of Philosophy and African American Studies
Phone: (814) 865-1618
Email: vxc5@psu.edu
David McBride
- Professor of African American Studies and African American History
Email: dqm9@psu.edu
Nan Elizabeth Woodruff
- Professor of African American Studies and Modern U.S. History
Email: new7@psu.edu
Affiliate Faculty
Kathryn Belle
- Associate Professor of Philosophy and African American Study
Phone: (814) 865-1652
Email: kathrynbelle@psu.edu
Robert Bernasconi
- Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy and African American Studies
Phone: (814) 865-6398
Email: rlb43@psu.edu
B. Stephen Carpenter II
- Professor of Art Education and African American Studies
Phone: (814) 863-7314
Email: bsc5@psu.edu
Justin De Senso
- Assistant Teaching Professor of English and African American Studies
- Penn State Berks
Phone: (610) 396-6378
Email: jxd367@psu.edu
Emily Grosholz
- Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy, English, and African American Studies
Phone: (814) 865-1676
Email: erg2@psu.edu
Joshua Inwood
- Associate Professor of Geography and African American Studies
- Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute
Phone: (814) 865-3433
Email: jfi6@psu.edu
Royel Montel Johnson
- Assistant Professor of Education and African American Studies
Email: rmj19@psu.edu
Gary King
- Professor of Biobehavioral Health and African American Studies
Phone: (814) 863-8184
Email: gxk14@psu.edu
Wanda Knight
- Associate Professor of Art Education, African American Studies, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Email: wbk10@psu.edu
Zachary R. Morgan
- Associate Professor of History and African American Studies
Phone: (814) 863-8080
Email: zzm20@psu.edu
Jeanine Staples
- Associate Professor of Education (LLED) and African American Studies
Phone: (814) 867-2734
Email: jms1098@psu.edu
Kirt H. Wilson
- Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences and African American Studies
Phone: (814) 865-1985
Email: khw2@psu.edu
Staff
Jamie Whitehead
- Undergraduate and Graduate Staff Assistant
Phone: (814) 863-4243
Email: jle1@psu.edu
Graduate Students
Jeremy Adams
- Ph.D. Candidate – Philosophy and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: jma41@psu.edu
Akash Belsare
- Ph.D. Candidate – English and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: ayb121@psu.edu
D'Angelo Bridges
- Ph.D. Candidate – English and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: dab496@psu.edu
Tiesha Cassel
- Ph.D. Candidate - Philosophy and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: tac47@psu.edu
Kevin Cedeño-Pacheco
- Ph.D. Candidate – Philosophy and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: kzc192@psu.edu
Jerome Clark
- Ph.D. Candidate – Philosophy and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: jac865@psu.edu
Richard Daily
- Ph.D. Candidate – History and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: rdd25@psu.edu
Andrew Domzal
- Ph.D. Candidate-Philosophy and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: asd5500@psu.edu
Brandon Erby
- Ph.D. Candidate – English and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: bue114@psu.edu
Sabrina Evans
- Ph.D. Candidate – English and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: sle33@psu.edu
Gabriel Green
- Ph.D. Candidate – English and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: gkg5081@psu.edu
Michael Hicks
- Ph.D. Candidate – History and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: muh301@psu.edu
Brooke Judie
- Ph.D. Candidate-Philosophy and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: bzj39@psu.edu
Ashley Lamarre
- Ph.D. Candidate – Philosophy and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: ajl500@psu.edu
ShaVonte Mills
- Ph.D. Candidate – History and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: skm5577@psu.edu
Justin Smith
- Ph.D. Candidate – English and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: jas1377@psu.edu
Tyler Sperrazza
- Ph.D. Student – History and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: txs392@psu.edu
Bailey Thomas
- Ph.D. Candidate – Philosophy and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: kxt96@psu.edu
Katie Warczak
- Ph.D. Candidate – English and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: kaw64@psu.edu
Recent Graduates
Jazmine Amanda Alexander
- Graduating Class: December 2015
- Major: Economics
- Minor: African American Studies
Mariatu Bah
- Graduating Class: December 2016
- Major: Health Policy and Administration
- Minor: African American Studies
Michael Banerjee
- Graduating Class: May 2016
- Majors: Criminology and African American Studies
Maya Blue-Robinson
- Graduating Class: May 2016
- Major: Advertising and Public Relations with a concentration in Advertising
- Minor: African American Studies
Whitney Brown
- Graduating Class: May 2017
- Major: Legal Studies, Government Service, Public Policy Option
- Minor: African American Studies
Morgan Burton
- Graduating Class: May 2017
- Major: Business Management with a focus in Human Resources
- Minor: African American Studies
Elizabeth Catchmark
- Graduating Class: May 2017
- Majors: African American Studies, English, Philosophy, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Miya Crosby
- Graduating Class: May 2016
- Major: African American Studies, Asian Studies, Comparative Literature, Global and International Studies
- Minor: English, Korean
Taylor Elliott
- Graduating Class: December 2015
- Major: African American Studies
- Minor: Communications Art and Sciences
Alphonso Grant
- Ph.D. – Art Education and African American and Diaspora Studies
Email: awg136@psu.edu
Kerrie G. Green, Jr.
- Graduating Class: May, 2016
- Major: African American Studies
- Minor: Sociology
Kenyah Jordan-Jackson
- Graduating Class: May 2016
- Major: Broadcast Journalism
- Minor: African American Studies
Tykia McWilliams
- Graduating Class: May 2016
- Major: Public Relations
- Minor: African American Studies
Samantha Reid
- Graduating Class: May 2016
- Major: Secondary Social Studies Education
- Minors: African American Studies, History
Adenike "Nikky" Samuel
- Graduating Class: May 2017
- Majors: Broadcast Journalism
- Minors: African American Studies, Business L.A.
Brisa Marie Smith Flores
- Graduating Class: May 2016
- Majors: Art History, Global and International Studies, and History
- Minors: African American Studies, Latin American Studies
Christian James Tabron
- Graduating Class: May 2016
- Majors: African American Studies and Criminology
- Minor: Sociology
Academic Advisor
Kristie Kalvin
- Undergraduate Advisor for African American Studies
Phone: (814) 865-5588
Email: klk16@psu.edu