People

Department Chair

Simone C. Drake
Simone C. Drake
Hazel C. Youngberg Trustees Distinguished Professor & Department Chair
drake.194@osu.edu
486F University Hall

Faculty

Franco Barchiesi
Franco Barchiesi
Associate Professor
barchiesi.1@osu.edu
486D University Hall
614-292-3700
Kenneth W. Goings
Kenneth W. Goings
Professor
goings.14@osu.edu
486 University Hall
614-292-0237
Eric Herschthal
Eric Herschthal
Postdoctoral Fellow
Herschthal.1@osu.edu
486G University Hall
Judson L. Jeffries
Judson L. Jeffries
Professor; Co-editor of Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men
jeffries.70@osu.edu
Kwaku Larbi Korang
Kwaku Larbi Korang
Associate Professor
korang.1@osu.edu
486D University Hall
614-292-0379
Tiyi Morris
Tiyi Morris
Associate Professor
morris.730@osu.edu
2057 Founders Hall
740-366-9113 (ex
Lupenga Mphande
Lupenga Mphande
Associate Professor; Director of African Languages Program; Director Study Abroad Program- South Africa
mphande.1@osu.edu
486L University Hall
614-292-8734
Scopas Poggo
Scopas Poggo
Associate Professor
poggo.1@osu.edu
419-755-4202
Ryan Skinner
Ryan Skinner
Associate Professor of African American and African Studies and Music
skinner.176@osu.edu
101C Hughes Hall
614-292-9441
Sarah Van Beurden
Sarah Van Beurden
Associate Professor
van-beurden.1@osu.edu
486G University Hall
614-292-9298

Faculty-Emeritus

Dr. Valerie Lee
Valerie Lee
Professor Emeritus
lee.89@osu.edu
William Theodore McDaniel
William Theodore McDaniel
Professor Emeritus
mcdaniel.2@osu.edu
Linda James Myers
Linda James Myers
Professor Emeritus
myers.19@osu.edu
Horace Newsum (H. Ike Okafor-Newsum)
Horace Newsum (H. Ike Okafor-Newsum)
Associate Professor Emeritus
newsum.2@osu.edu
William (Maurice) Shipley
William (Maurice) Shipley
Assistant Professor Emeritus
shipley.4@osu.edu
James Upton
James Upton
Associate Professor Emeritus
upton.2@osu.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Adeleke Adeeko
Adeleke Adeeko
Humanities Distinguished Professor
adeeko.1@osu.edu
570 Denney Hall
614-247-8792
Robert Agunga
Robert Agunga
Associate Professor & Director, Center for African Studies; Department of Agricultural Communication, Education and Leadership; College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Agunga.1@osu.edu
318 Oxley Hall
614-292-8751
Beverly Gordon
Beverly Gordon
Associate Professor (School of Educational Policy and Leadership)
gordon.3@osu.edu
614-688-4259
Leta Hendricks
Leta Hendricks
Librarian
Hendricks.3@osu.edu
222B Thompson Library
614-688-7478
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HASAN KWAME JEFFRIES
Associate Professor (Department of History)
jeffries.57@osu.edu
Townsand Price-Spratlen
Townsand Price-Spratlen
Associate Professor (Department of Sociology)
price-spratlen.1@osu.edu
614-292-5598
Stephanie Shaw
Stephanie Shaw
Associate Professor (Department of History)
shaw.1@osu.edu
614-292-1384
Maurice Stevens
Maurice Stevens
Associate Professor (Department of Comparative Studies)
stevens.368@osu.edu
614-292-1384
Donald Winford
Donald Winford
Professor (Department of Linguistics)
winford.1@osu.edu

Graduate Student

Jaminque Adams
Jaminque Adams
Master's Student
adams.2217@osu.edu
Shaida
Shaida Akbarian
Doctoral Student
akbarian.2@osu.edu
Omar Dieng
Omar Dieng
Doctoral Student
dieng.9@osu.edu
Fungisai Musoni
Fungisai Musoni
Doctoral Student
musoni.4@osu.edu
Laura Taylor
Laura Taylor
Doctoral Student
taylor.3181@osu.edu
Hannah Vidmar
Hannah Vidmar
Doctoral Student
vidmar.13@osu.edu
337K University Hall
614-292-5386

Lecturer

Dawn Chisebe
Dawn Chisebe
Lecturer
chisebe.1@osu.edu
Ioanna Kipourou
Ioanna Kipourou
Visiting Scholar
Kipourou.1@osu.edu
486P University Hall

Staff

Jerrell Beckham
Jerrell Beckham
Program Coordinator
beckham.4@osu.edu
614-688-2638
Candace Gaiters
Candace Gaiters
Administrative Assistant
gaiters.9@osu.edu
486B University Hall
(614)688-1354
Steve McCann
Steve McCann
Administrative Manager
mccann.251@osu.edu
134 Dulles Hall
614-292-9308
Molly Reinhoudt
Molly Reinhoudt
Managing Editor for Research in African Literatures (RAL) and Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men
reinhoudt.2@osu.edu
386G University Hall