ASC Faculty and Staff

Natasha Patel

Program Administrator

Eric J. Schmidt

Assistant Director

Mark Storella

Director, African Studies Center
Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy

Nneka Agba

Lecturer, Igbo

Lamine Diallo

Lecturer, Wolof

Zoliswa O. Mali

Director, African Language Program
Senior Lecturer, South African Languages (isiXhosa and isiZulu)

Judith Mmari

Master Lecturer, Swahili

Tobias Ninson

Lecturer, Akan Twi

Douglas Obanyi

Lecturer, Swahili

Mulugeta Zegeye

Lecturer, Amharic

Tiffany Bailey

Graduate Assistant

Elsa Wiehe

K-16 Education Outreach Program Manager

Michael DiBlasi

Publications Editor

Lilly Havstad

Assistant Editor

Sandi McCann

Publications Assistant

Gabe Adugna

Africana Librarian

Rachel Dwyer

Assistant Head

Beth Restrick

Head Librarian

Jenny Parker

Director, West African Research Association