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
- Director of Undergraduate Studies
Phone: (814) 865-7114
Email: alubin@psu.edu
David Marriott
- Professor of Philosophy and African American Studies
- Spring 2021-Interim Director of Graduate Studies
Email: dsm5581@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
Phone: (814) 865-6873
Email: mow5397@psu.edu