Beth Samuelson

Director, African Studies Program

Director of Graduate Studies (DGS), African Studies Program

Associate Professor, Literacy, Culture, and Language Education, School of Education

• blsamuel@indiana.edu
• (812) 856-8256
• Global and International Studies Building, 3082

Research + Teaching Interests
language awareness and the flows of English literacy practices across global boundaries; literacy theory; language learning and cross-cultural experience in non-Western contexts

Regional Expertise
Democratic Republic of Congo; Rwanda

Tavy Aherne

Associate Director, African Studies Program

FLAS Advisor, African Studies Program

Adjunct faculty, African Studies Program

• taherne@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-5081
• Global and International Studies Building, 3080

Research + Teaching Interests
Fulbhe and Bamana arts, artists and aesthetic systems; African textiles; artists as activists; African film and photography; post-colonial theory; museum studies; teaching pedagogies and research methodologies

Regional Expertise
Ghana; Guinea; Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe

Marilyn Estep

Administrative Coordinator

• estepm@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-5082

Alwiya Omar

Clinical Professor, Kiswahili, African Studies Program

African Languages Coordinator, African Studies Program

Director, National African Languages Resource Center (NALRC)

• aomar@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-3323
• Global and International Studies Building, 3076

Research + Teaching Interests
Kiswahili language and culture; pragmatics; second language acquisition

Regional Expertise
Tanzania

Krystie Herndon

Undergraduate Advisor for the African Languages Minor, and Linguistics

• kherndon@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-3323

Cameron Lowery

Data & Communications Assistant, African Studies Program

Outreach Ambassador, African Studies Program

• afrist@iu.edu

Barakaeli Mbise

Outreach Assistant

• afrist@iu.edu
• (812) 855-8284

George Armstrong

PROTA Research Assistant, African Studies Program

Graduate Student, Anthropology

• geoarmst@indiana.edu

Caroline Obuya

Windows to the World Assistant, African Studies Program

Graduate Student, The Media School

Ascher Lubotsky

Editorial Intern, Africa Today

• afrtoday@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-8284

Hilary Warner-Evans

Managing Editor, Africa Today

• afrtoday@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-0647