African American Studies

Ruha Benjamin
Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Spelman College; MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Allison Blakely
Director of African American Studies; Professor of History and George and Joyce Wein Chair of African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of Oregon; MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Mary Anne Boelcskevy
Director of Undergraduate Studies; Senior Lecturer in African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of Massachusetts, Boston; MA, University of Massachusetts, Boston; AM, PhD, Harvard University

Lawrence A. Breiner
Professor of English and African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Boston College; MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Linda M. Heywood
Professor of History and African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Brooklyn College; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Gene A. Jarrett
Professor of English and African American Studies; Chair of the Department of English, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, Princeton University; AM, PhD, Brown University

Ronald K. Richardson
Associate Professor of History and African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, PhD, State University of New York, Binghamton

John K. Thornton
Director of Graduate Studies; Professor of History and African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of Michigan; MA, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Associated Faculty

Cynthia Becker
Associate Professor of History of Art & Architecture, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, University of New Orleans; MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Irene Gendzier
Professor of Political Science (Comparative Politics), College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Barnard College; MA, PhD, Columbia University

Shahla Haeri
Associate Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Boston State College; MA, Northeastern University; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

Patricia Hills
Professor of History of Art & Architecture, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Stanford University; MA, City University of New York, Hunter College; PhD, New York University

James C. McCann
Professor of History; Associate Director for Development, African Studies Center, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Northwestern University; MA, PhD, Michigan State University

Anita Patterson
Professor of English, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, MA, PhD, Harvard University

Jeremy Yudkin
Professor of Music; Chair, Department of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, College of Fine Arts
BA, MA, University of Cambridge (England); PhD, Stanford University

Emeriti

Adelaide M. Cromwell
Professor Emerita of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences
AB, Smith College; AM, University of Pennsylvania; PhD, Harvard University

James E. Teele
Professor Emeritus of Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences
BA, Virginia Union University; MA, PhD, New York University