African Studies
The following list reflects the 2011/2012 faculty.
- Kehinde Ajayi
Assistant Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Stanford University; PhD, University of California, Berkeley - Betty Anderson
Associate Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Trinity College; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles - Mary Bachman-Desilva
Assistant Professor, International Health, School of Public Health
BA, Dartmouth College; BA, MS, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service; MD, DSC, Harvard School of Public Health - Kathryn Bard
Associate Professor of Archaeology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Connecticut College; MFA, Yale University; MA, University of Michigan; MA, PhD, University of Toronto (Canada) - Linda L. Barnes
Associate Professor, School of Medicine
BA, Smith College; MA, PhD, Harvard University - Cynthia Becker
Assistant Professor of Art History, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of New Orleans; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison - William J. Bicknell
Professor of International Health, School of Public Health
BS, Johns Hopkins University; MPH, University of California, Berkeley; MD, Duke University - Alison Blakely
Professor of Modern European & Comparative History, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of Oregon; MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley - Karen Boatman
Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Education
AB, University of Michigan - Laurence Breiner
Associate Professor of English, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Boston College; MPhil, PhD, Yale University - Edouard J. Bustin
Professor of Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences
Doct. en Droit, Lic Sc Dipl, University of Liège (Belgium) - Odile Cazenave
Associate Professor, Modern Languages & Comparative Literature, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of Strasbourg; MA, PhD, Pennsylvania State University - Richard W. Clapp
Professor of Public Health, School of Public Health
BA, Dartmouth College; MPH, Harvard School of Public Heath; MPH, DSc, Boston University School of Public Health - Iain Cockburn
Professor of Finance, School of Management
BSc, Queen Mary College University of London; PhD, Harvard University - Steven Cornelius
Visiting Associate Professor, Musicology & Ethnomusicology, African Studies
BMEd, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MM, Manhattan School of Music; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles - Neta Crawford
Professor, Department of Political Science and African American Studies
BA, Brown University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Martinius L. Daneel
Adjunct Associate Professor of Theology
BA, Stellenbosch University (South Africa); DTheol, Free University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) - André de Quadros
Professor of Music, Department of Music Education, College of Fine Arts
BA, University of Bombay; MA, La Trobe University School of Education - Jeremy DeSilva
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Cornell University; PhD, University of Michigan - Charles Dunbar
Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Harvard College; MIA, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs - Susan E. Eckstein
Professor of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Beloit College; MA, PhD, Columbia University - Farouk El-Baz
Research Professor and Director, Center for Remote Sensing
BSc, Ain Shams University (Egypt); MS, Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy; PhD, University of Missouri-Rolla - Randall Ellis
Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Yale University; MS, London School of Economics (England); PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Frank Feeley
Associate Professor, School of Public Health
JD, Yale University Law School; BS, Princeton University
- Susan Foster
Professor of International Health and Chair, Department of International Health, School of Public Health
BA, University of Colorado; MA, Ohio University; PhD, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (England) - Matthew Fox
Assistant Professor, Center for Global Health & Development, School of Public Health
MPH, Boston University; DSc, Boston University - Irene Gendzier
Professor of History and Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, Barnard College; MA, PhD, Columbia University - Christopher J. Gill
Assistant Professor, School of Public Health
BS, Tufts University; MD, University of Massachusetts Medical School - Charles L. Griswold
Professor, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Trinity College; MA, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, Pennsylvania State University - Roy-Michael Grundmann
Assistant Professor, Department of Film & Television, College of Communication
MA, PhD, New York University, Harvard University; PhD, Boston University - Marilyn Halter
Professor, Department of History, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, Brandeis University; EdM, Harvard University; PhD, Boston University - Davidson H. Hamer
Associate Professor, International Health, School of Public Health
BA, Amherst College; MD, University of Vermont College of Medicine - John R. Harris
Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Wheaton College; MA, PhD, Northwestern University - Linda Heywood
Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Brooklyn College; MA, PhD, Columbia University - Robert Jackson
Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, University of British Columbia; PhD, University of California at Berkeley - David G. Javitch
Professor of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Ohio State University; PhD, MA, Ohio State University - Samuel Kauffmann
Associate Professor, Department of Film & Television, College of Communication
BA, University of Pennsylvania; MS, (Film) Boston University - Leslie Kaufman
Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, PhD, Johns Hopkins University - Gerald T. Keusch
Professor of International Health and Associate Dean of the Global Health Initiative
AB, Columbia College; MD, Harvard Medical School - Giselle Khoury
Senior Lecturer in Arabic, Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of Haifa; MA, Ohio University; PhD, Boston University - Magaly Koch
Research Associate Professor, Center for Remote Sensing
BSc, MSc, University of Cologne, Germany; PhD, Boston University - Sanjay Krishnan
Associate Professor, English Department, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, London University; MA, PhD, Columbia University - Richard Lawler
Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of Illinois; MA, Southern Illinois University; MPhil, PhD, Yale University - Margaret Litvin
Assistant Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Yale University; MA, PhD, University of Chicago - Tim Longman
Director, African Studies Center; Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Phillips University; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Robert Lucas
Professor of Economics, College of Arts & Sciences; Senior Research Associate, Institute for Economic Development, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
BSc, MSc, London School of Economics (England); PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - William Macleod
Assistant Professor, Center for International Health
BA, University of California at Davis; MSc, Harvard School of Public Health - H. Joachim Maître
Professor
PhD, McGill University, Montreal - Zoliswa O. Mali
Clinical Assistant Professor, African Languages, School of Education
BA, University of Fort Hare, South Africa; MA, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; MA, Linguistics, The University of Iowa; PhD, The University of Iowa - James C. McCann
Associate Director, African Studies Center; Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Northwestern University; MA, PhD, Michigan State University - Brenda Gael McSweeney
Faculty Affiliate, Women’s Studies Program, College of Arts & Sciences
MALD, PhD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy - Samuel Mendlinger
Professor, Administrative Sciences, Metropolitan College
BA, Queens College; MSc, Tel-Aviv University; PhD, Hebrew University - Judith M. Mmari
Lecturer, African Languages, College of Arts & Sciences
BS, University of Oregon; MA, Ohio University - Imani-Sheila Newsome-Camara
Assistant Professor, School of Theology
BA, Virginia Union University; MEd, University of Vermont; MDiv, Boston University - Fallou Ngom
Director, African Language Program, African Studies Center; Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
Licence d’anglais, Maîtrise d’anglais, Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis (Senegal); MA, University of Montana; PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Monica Adhiambo Onyango
Lecturer, International Health, School of Public Health
MPH, Boston University - Vincent I. Onyemah
Assistant Professor, School of Management
BSc, University of Ibadan Nigeria; MBA, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain; MSc, INSEAD Fontainebleau France; PhD, INSEAD Fontainebleau France - Elizabeth Parsons
Lecturer, School of Theology
BA, Harding University; MA, Emerson College; MDiv, Harvard Divinity School; PhD, University of KwaZulu-Natal - Peter D. Quella
Lecturer in the African Studies Center
BCE, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Marylee Rambaud
Associate Professor, International Educational Development Program, School of Education
BA, Mount Holyoke College; Maitrise, Pshcho-Pedagogie C4, Université de Clermont-Ferrand, France; EdM, EdD, Harvard University - Ronald K. Richardson
Associate Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton
- Dana Robert
Associate Professor of International Mission, School of Theology
MA, PhD, Yale University - Wilfrid Rollman
Lecturer, Department of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Creighton University; MA, PhD, University of Michigan - Sydney Rosen
Assistant Professor, International Health, School of Public Health
AB, Harvard University; MA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University - Lora Sabin
Assistant Professor, International Health, School of Public Health
AB, Stanford University; AM, PhD, Harvard University - Parker Shipton
Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, Cornell University; MLitt, University of Oxford (England); PhD, University of Cambridge (England) - Caroly Shumway
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Wellesley College; PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Jonathon Lee Simon
Associate Professor and Chair, International Health, School of Public Health
BSc, MPH, University of California, Berkeley; DSc, Harvard University School of Public Health - Charles R. Stith
Adjunct Professor, Department of International Relations, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Baker University; MDiv, Interdenominational Theological Center, Atlanta; ThM, Harvard University Divinity School - John Stone
Professor of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, Cambridge University; PhD, Oxford University - Donald M. Thea
Professor, International Health, School of Public Health
BS, Antioch College; MD, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons; MSc, University of London, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - John Thornton
Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of Michigan; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles - Yesim Tozan
Assistant Professor of International Health, School of Public Health
BSc, Istanbul Technical University (Turkey); MSc, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University (Turkey); MA, Princeton University; PhD, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University - Sushil Vachani
Associate Professor, School of Management
BTech, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur; DBA, Harvard Graduate School of Business - Hannelore Vanderschmidt
Associate Professor, School of Public Health
BA, Wellesley College; EdM, Harvard University; PhD, Boston College - Margaret Rose Vendryes
Lecturer, Department of Art History, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Amherst College; MA, Tulane University; PhD, Princeton University - Taryn Vian
Assistant Professor, International Health, School of Public Health
BA, Colgate University; MSc, Harvard School of Public Health; PhD, Boston University - Susan Walker
Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, College of Communication
BA, Brown University - Roberta F. White
Professor, Environmental Health, School of Public Health
BA, Michigan State University; MA, PhD, Wayne State University - Diana Wylie
Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Goucher College; MLitt, Edinburgh University (Scotland); PhD, Yale University - Kojo Yeboah-Antwi
Assistant Professor, Center for Global Health & Development, School of Public Health
MPH, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam; MBBChB, University of Ghana Medical School
Emeriti
- Norman R. Bennett
Professor Emeritus of History, College of Arts & Sciences; Editor, International Journal of African Historical Studies
AB, Tufts University; AM, Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; PhD, Boston University - Gillian Cooper-Driver
Associate Professor Emeritus of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences
BSc, MSc, PhD, University of London (England) - John Hutchison
Associate Professor Emeritus of African Studies, College of Arts & Sciences - Vivian R. Johnson
Associate Professor Emerita of Education, School of Education
BA, University of California, Los Angeles; CAGS, EdD, Harvard University - Kay Jones
Clinical Associate Professor Emerita of Social Work, School of Social Work - Stephen Lyne
Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Amherst College, Massachusetts; MA, PhD, Stanford University - Robert Seidman
Professor Emeritus of Law, School of Law; Professor of Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, Harvard University; LLB, Columbia University
Visiting Researchers
- Michael DiBlasi
Archaeology - John Gay
Theology - Jeanne Koopman
Economics - Victor Manfredi
Linguistics; social anthropology - Ivor Miller
African studies - Shaheen Mozaffar
Political science - Jeanne Penvenne
History - Daivi Rodima
Anthropology - Walter Sangree
Anthropology - Heran Sereke-Brhan
African history - Marc Sommers
Anthropology - Jennifer Yanco
Linguistics; public health
