African Language Research & Advocacy

• Alwiya Omar, Coordinator
• Tavy Aherne
• Nana Amoah-Ramey
• Samson Lotven
• Kazeem Sanuth
• Bongeka Selepe

ASP Curriculum Enhancement Faculty Working Group

• Beth Samuelson
• Tavy Aherne
• Matthew Ajibade
• Vivian Halloran
• James Kelly
• Alex Lichtenstein
• Lauren MacLean
• Barbéro Martinez-Ruiz
• Solimar Otero
• Martha Nyikos
• 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
• Rachel Kabukala 
• James Kelly
• Michael Martin
• Allison Martino
• Alexandra Nickolaou
• Ellen Seiber
• Emily Stratton
• Esi Eduwaa Thompson
• Maria Grosz-Ngaté, Associate Director Emeritus

Muslim Africa Working Group*

• John Hanson, Coordinator
• Benjamin Ale-Ebrahim
• 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
• Byron Santangelo
• Bongeka Selepe

Non-Government Organizations Working Group

• Lauren MacLean, Coordinator
• Jennifer Brass
• Allison Schnable

Slavery, Unfreedom & Memorializations of the Past Working Group

• Pedro Machado, Coordinator
• Maria Hamilton Abegunde

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