African Language Research & Advocacy
- Alwiya Omar, Coordinator
- Tavy Aherne
- Nana Amoah-Ramey
- Samson Lotven
- Paul Ntinda
- Martha Nyikos
- Beth Samuelson
- Kazeem Sanuth
- Bongeka Selepe
ASP Working Groups
ASP Curriculum Enhancement Faculty Working Group
- Beth Samuelson, Coordinator
- Tavy Aherne
- Alex Lichtenstein
- Solimar Otero
- Alwiya Omar
- Kazeem Sanuth
Conflict, War, Military, Trauma & Healing Working Group
- Clemence Pinaud, Coordinator
- Maria Hamilton Abegunde
Displaced Africans/Persons Working Group [IU-wide]*
- Elizabeth Cullen Dunn, Coordinator
- Tavy Aherne
Entrepreneurial & Emerging Economies/Sustainable Systems Working Group*
- Sarah Osterhoudt, Coordinator
- George Armstrong
- Christina Collins
- Jon Eldon
- Henry Wakhungu
- Michael Wasserman
Global Visual Cultures (formerly NEMLIA; https://nemlia.org/) Working Group [IU-wide]*
- Barbéro Martinez-Ruiz, Coordinator
- Akin Adesokan
- Tavy Aherne
- Nana Amoah-Ramey
- Vincent Bouchard
- Beth Buggenhagen
- Marion Frank-Wilson
- Jane Goodman
- Elena Guzman
- James Kelly
- Michael Martin
- Allison Martino
- Alexandra Nickolaou
- Emily Stratton
- Esi Eduwaa Thompson
- Maria Grosz-Ngaté, Associate Director Emeritus
Muslim Africa Working Group*
- John Hanson, Coordinator
- Beth Buggenhagen
- Amadou Beidy Sow
Patrick O’Meara Southern Africa Working Group*
- Alex Lichtenstein, Coordinator
- Heather Akou
- Sergio Fernandez
- Greg Fisher
- Laura Foster
- Liam Kingsley
- Asher Lubotsky
- Pedro Machado
- Alexandra O’Neil
- Jamie Prenkert
- Richard Raber
- Bongeka Selepe
Non-Government Organizations Working Group
- Jennifer Brass, Coordinator
- Allison Schnable
Slavery, Unfreedom & Memorializations of the Past Working Group
- Pedro Machado, Coordinator
- Maria Hamilton Abegunde
- Uzoamaka Nwachukwu
Teacher Education & Africa Working Group
- Martha Nyikos, Coordinator
- Tavy Aherne
- Barbara Dennis
- Vesna Dimitrieska
- Patricia Kubow
- Beth Samuelson
- Bongeka Selepe
- Laura Stachowski
Ritual and Religious Practices in the African Diaspora Working Group
- Solimar Otero, Coordinator
- Maria Hamilton Abegunde
- Nana Amoah-Ramey
- Elena Guzman
- Luciana Namorato
- Oana Panaite
- Bongeka Selepe
- Estela Vieira
*Select activities of working group are funded through USDoE Title VI grant