Interim Director, Spring 2025
Associate Professor, Art History
Tanner-Opperman Chair in Honor of Roy Sieber
Research + Teaching Interests
African and African diaspora art; aesthetics and culture; graphic writing systems; rock painting; Afro-Latin American and Caribbean visual culture, art and aesthetics; theories of the avant-garde; contemporary theory
Regional Expertise
West Africa; Central Africa; the Americas
Director, African Studies Program
On Sabbatical Spring 2025
Director of Graduate Studies (DGS), African Studies Program
Editor, Africa Today journal
Associate Professor, Literacy, Culture, and Language Education, School of Education
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
Associate Director, African Studies Program
Outreach Coordinator, African Studies Program
FLAS Advisor, African Studies Program
Adjunct faculty, African Studies Program
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
Assistant Professor, African Studies Program
Director of Undergraduate Studies, African Studies Program
Assistant Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies
Associate Editor, Africa Today Journal
Akan Language and West African Cultures
Research + Teaching Interests
African American & African Diaspora Literature; African Popular Music and Cultures; Gender Roles and Representations; African Language Pedagogy (Akan/Twi); Globalization and Post Colonialism
Regional Expertise
Ghana; West Africa
Clinical Professor, Kiswahili, African Studies Program
African Languages Coordinator, African Studies Program
Director, National African Languages Resource Center (NALRC)
Research + Teaching Interests
Kiswahili language and culture; pragmatics; second language acquisition
Regional Expertise
Tanzania
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