Faculty List
Core Faculty
Omoniyi Afolabi
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and of African and African Diaspora Studies
afolabi@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-4510 | BEN 3.110
Education
Ph.D., Luso-Brazilian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests
Afro-Brazilian Cultural Studies; Yoruba Diaspora Studies; Lusophone African Literature; Comparative African Diaspora Studies; Latin American Cultural Studies.Jossianna Arroyo-Martinez
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and of African and African Diaspora Studies
jarroyo@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-4536 | BEN 3.120
Education
Ph.D., 1998, Hispanic Languages and Literatures, University of California at Berkeley
Interests
Latin American, Caribbean, Luso-Brazilian & Afro-Diasporic Literatures & Cultures; Race, Gender & Sexuality in Colonial & Postcolonial Societies; Latin American Literature, Ethnography and Sociology.Kevin Cokley
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and of African and African Diaspora Studies
kevin.cokley@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-7498 | SZB 262N
Education
Ph.D., 1998, Counseling Psychology, Georgia State University
Interests
Racial and Ethnic Identity Development; Factors that Impact Academic Achievement of African American Students; Academic Self-Concept; Academic Motivation; Multicultural Psychology and Issues of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture; Afrocentric/African-centered PsychologyKevin Foster
Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
kmfoster@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-8586 | GRG
Education
Ph.D., 2001, Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Improvement of Academic Outcomes for African American, Latina/o, and Other Students.Maria Franklin
Associate Professor of Anthropology and of African and African Diaspora Studies
mfranklin@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-8513 | SAC 4.150
Education
Ph.D., 1997, Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley
Interests
Historical Archaeology; Comparative Colonialism and Slavery; African Diaspora Studies; Ethics and Politics of Archaeology; Archaeological Theory; Public History and Cultural Politics; Race and Racism; Gender and Feminist Theory; Black Cultural StudiesEdmund T. Gordon
Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and of Anthropology, Chair of AADS Department
etgordon@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-8043 | GRG 234
Education
Ph. D., Stanford University
Interests
Culture and Power in the African Diaspora; Gender Studies (particularly Black males); Critical Race Theory; Race Education; Racial Economy of Space and ResourcesKali Gross
Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
kngross@mail.utexas.edu | GRG234F
Frank A. Guridy
Associate Professor of History and of African and African Diaspora Studies, Director of the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies
fguridy@austin.utexas.edu | JES A232A
Education
Ph.D., 2002, History, University of Michigan
Interests
African Diaspora Studies; Latina/Latino America; Black Transnational CommunityCharles R. Hale
Professor of Anthropology and of African and African Diaspora Studies
crhale@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.7530 | EPS 2.140
Interests
Race/ethnicity, identity politics, consciousness and resistance, activist anthropology; Latin America, the CaribbeanJuliet Hooker
Associate Professor of Government and of African and African Diaspora Studies
juliethooker@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.7273 | MEZ 3.146
Education
Ph.D., 2001, Government, Cornell University
Interests
Political Solidarity; Theories of Multiculturalism; Critical Race Theory; Black Political Thought; Latin American Political Thought; Multiculturalism and Indigenous and Afro-descendant Politics in Latin AmericaJoy A. James
Faculty
jjamesoshum@gmail.com | 512-232-8586 | GRG 234
Education
Ph.D. Political Philosophy, Fordham UniversityMeta D Jones
Associate Professor of English and of African and African Diaspora Studies
metadj@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-8743 | PAR 128
Education
Ph.D., 2001, Stanford University
Interests
Twentieth and Twenty-first Century American Poetry and Poetics, especially in relationship to gender, sexuality and performance studies; African-American Literature, Criticism and Theory, Textual Studies, Jazz, Gender and Sexuality studies, Visual Culture StudiesOmi Osun Joni L. Jones
Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance and of African and African Diaspora Studies
jonijones@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-1784 | JES A232
Education
Ph.D., New York UniversityMinkah Makalani
Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies
makalani@austin.utexas.edu | 512 471 4745 | JES A232A
Stephen H Marshall
Assistant Professor of American Studies and of African and African Diaspora Studies
stephenmarshall@austin.utexas.edu | 512.471.4361 | GRG 234
Education
Ph.D., 2002, Government, Harvard University
Interests
Ancient and Modern Political Theory; History of Political Thought; 20th Century Political and Social Thought; African American Political Thought; Political Evil; Democratic Theory; Race and Social JusticeFehintola (Tola) Mosadomi
Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and of African and African Diaspora Studies
mosadom@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.7871 | WMB 5.120B
Education
Ph.D., 1998, Interdisciplinary Linguistics and Yoruba Phonology, Tulane University
Interests
Language Pedagogy; African Linguistics; Gender and Power; Language and Gender; Yoruba Phonology; Gender and Islam Among the Yoruba; Louisiana Creole Studies; Poetry in French, English, and YorubaMatt Richardson
Assistant Professor of English and of African and African Diaspora Studies
mattrichardson@mail.utexas.edu | PAR 108
Education
Ph.D., 2005, African Diaspora Studies and Emphasis in Women's and Gender Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Black LGBTQ/Queer Theory; Literature; Theatre; Sexuality and Feminism StudiesCherise Smith
Associate Professor of Art and Art History
cherise_smith@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-1822 | ART 1.205
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
American Art After 1945; The Intersection of Art with Race and Gender; African American Art and Visual Culture; Performance and Conceptual Art Practices; History of Photography; Politics of IdentityChristen Smith
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and of African and African Diaspora Studies
christen.smith@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-6332 | EPS 4.130
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Brazil; Performance; Race and Racial Formation; Violence; Black and Indigenous Struggles in Latin America; Theater; Social Protest; Grassroots OrganizingEric Tang
Assistant Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, Associate Director of UT Community Engagement Center
erictang@mail.utexas.edu | GRG 234
Education
Ph.D., 2006, American Studies, New York University
Interests
Racism & Anti-racism; The Poetics of Displacement; Urban Unrest; Activism; Afro-Asian EncountersShirley E. Thompson
Associate Professor of American Studies and of African and African Diaspora Studies
s.thompson@mail.utexas.edu | BUR 452
Education
Ph.D., 2001, History of American Civilization, Harvard University
Interests
Creole Studies/Creolization; American Studies; Black Film; Diasporic PoliticsJoão H. Costa Vargas
Associate Professor of Anthropology and of African and African Diaspora Studies
costavargas@mail.utexas.edu | 512.232.6591 | GRG 234
Education
Ph.D., 1999, Anthropolgy, University of California, San Diego
Interests
Black Diaspora Communities; Racism and Anti-Racism; Male Blackness; Black Politics.S. Craig Watkins
Associate Professor of Radio-Television-Film and of African and African Diaspora Studies
scwatkins@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-4077 | CMA 6.118; WWH 408
Education
Ph.D., 1994, Sociology, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Interests
Digital Media; Social Media; Race and Ethnic Studies; Youth CultureAffiliated Faculty
Germine Awad
Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology
gigi.awad@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-0526 | SZB 506H
Education
Ph.D., 2005, Psychology, Southern Illinois University - Carbindale
Interests
Attitude Development Expression; Prejudice and Discrimination; Ethnic and Racial Identity; Arab- and African- American Identity; Acculturation; Immigration; Affirmative Action; Self-Image of Black Women.Keisha Bentley
Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology
keisha.bentley@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-2755 | SZB 506J
Education
Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development, University of PennsylvaniaAnthony L. Brown
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
anthony.brown25@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-3902 | SZB 428L
Keffrelyn Brown
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
keffrelyn@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-4257 | SZB 406
Education
Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin - MadisonSimone A. Browne
Assistant Professor of Sociology
sbrowne@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-5975 | BUR 506
Education
Ph.D., Sociology and Equity Studies, University of TorontoBen Carrington
Associate Professor of Sociology
bcarrington@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-6341 | BUR 570
Education
Ph.D., Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Interests
Cultural Sociology; Sociology of Race; Sociology of Sport and Popular Culture; Masculinity and Gender; Cultural Studies; Post/colonial Theory; Qualitative Methodology.Michael Ray Charles
Professor of Art and Art History
mrcharles@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-1090 | ART 1.102
Education
M.F.A., University of HoustonRuramisai Charumbira
Assistant Professor of History
r-c@austin.utexas.edu | GAR 0.134
Education
PhD., Yale University
Interests
Southern Africa; Women Studies; Historical Memory; Ethno-archaeology.King Davis
Professor of Social Work and Director of the Institute of Urban Policy and Research Analysis
king.davis@austin.utexas.edu | JES A232A
Education
Ph.D., Brandeis, The Florence Heller SchoolToyin Falola
Professor of History; Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professorship in History
toyin.falola@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7224 | GAR 2.142
Education
Ph.D., 1981, University of Ife
Interests
African History Since 19th CenturyJennifer Fuller
Assistant Professor of Radio-Television-Film
jfuller@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-4571 | CMA 6.136
Education
Ph.D. in Communication Arts (Media and Cultural Studies), University of Wisconsin-MadisonDorie J. Gilbert
Associate Professor of Sociology
dgm@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-8229 | SSW 3.130H
Education
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Prevention and intervention with women and people of color living with HIV/AIDS, psychosocial adjustment in persons coping with social stigma, child and adolescent welfare and counseling, multicultural practice issues; and cultural diversity curriculum development.Tiffany M. Gill
Associate Professor of History
tmgill@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7925 | GAR 0.114
Education
Ph.D., 2003, Rutgers University
Interests
African American History with an emphasis on gender, 20th century U.S. History, Black Business History, History of the African DiasporaLouis Harrison
Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
lharrison@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4785 | SZB 428M
Education
Ph.D. Kinesiology, Louisiana State UniversityTalia McCray
Assistant Professor of Architecture
tmccray@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-2708 | SUT 3.134
Education
Ph.D. Urban Tech and Environmental Planning, University of Michigan
Interests
Transportation Policy and Planning, Healthcare Access, Quantitative and GIS methods, Sustainable Transportation.Leonard N. Moore
Professor of History, Assistant Vice-President of the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE)
leonardmoore@austin.utexas.edu
Education
B.A., 1993, Jackson State University; Ph.D., 1998, The Ohio State UniversityMoyosore (Moyo) Okediji
Associate Professor of Art and Art History
moyo.okediji@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.0126 | ART 1.210
Education
Ph.D. African arts and Diaspora visual cultures, University of Wisconsin, MadisonDeborah Paredez
Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance and of English
paredez@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-7370 | WMB 5.114
Education
Ph.D., 2002, Northwestern University
Interests
U.S. Latina/o performance and popular culture, Women and Migration in the US-Mexico Borderlands, Selena Quintanilla PerezEric Darnell Pritchard
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing
pritchard@mail.utexas.edu | 512 232 2265
Education
Ph.D., English, 2008, University of Wisconsin-MadisonRichard J. Reddick
Assistant Professor of Educational Administration
richard.reddick@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-8587 | SZB 374E
Education
Ed.D., Higher Education (2007), Harvard University
Interests
Mentoring, African-American faculty, African-American families, historically Black colleges and universitiesAllison Skerrett
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
askerrett@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4883 | SZB 334A
Interests
Secondary English Curriculum, Adolescent Literacy, Multicultural Education, Sociocultural Influences on Teaching and LearningJacqueline Toribio
Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
toribio@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-4936 | BEN 2.116
Education
Ph.D., 1993, Cornell UniversityJulian Vasquez Heilig
Assistant Professor of Educational Administration
jvh@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 471-8586 | SZB 374D
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Educational Policy, Access and Equity; High-Stakes Testing and Assessment Policies; Minority Issues in Education; Statistical Methods and Applications in Educational Policy Analysis; Sociology of Education; Urban Education.Juliet E. K. Walker
Professor of History
jekwalker@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-5581 | GAR 2-136
Education
Ph.D., 1976, University of ChicagoJennifer M. Wilks
Associate Professor of English
jmwilks@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-8702 | PAR 329
Education
Ph.D., 2003, Cornell University
Interests
African American Literature; African Diaspora Studies; Caribbean Literature; Women and Gender StudiesHelena Woodard
Associate Professor of English
hwood@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-8703 | PAR 331
Education
Ph.D., 1991, University of North Carolina
Interests
18th Century British Literature; Ethnic and Third World Literature; American Literature, Critical Race Theory; Women, Gender, and LiteraturePre- and Post- Doctoral Fellows
Mark Broomfield
Post-Doctoral Fellow
markbroomfield@austin.utexas.edu | 512 471 4693 | JESA232A
Interests
Black masculinities, Critical Dance Studies, Performance Studies, Male Identity, Gender and Sexuality, Queer Theory, Black Queer Studies, Black Feminist Theory, Ethnography, African DiasporaNicole Burrowes
Research Fellow
nicole.burrowes@gmail.com | GRG234
Interests
African Diaspora History, Latin American and Caribbean History, Social Movements, The Politics of DecolonizationSamantha Pinto
Research Affiliate - Postdoctoral
snp7@georgetown.edu | JES A232A
