STAFF AND LIBRARIANS
 
 


Africana Studies and Research Center

Director
Salah M. Hassan
Room 107
(607) 254-1592
sh40@cornell.edu

Administrative Manager
Treva Levine
Room 103A
(607) 254-8668
tlv4@cornell.edu

Main Office
Room 103
Fax: (607) 255-0784

Sheila Towner
Graduate and Undergraduate Field  Administrative Assistant
(607) 255-4625
spt1@cornell.edu

John Henrik Clarke Africana Library

Librarian
Eric Acree
Room 126
(607) 255-5229
ea18@cornell.edu

Main Office
Room 125
Africana Studies and Research Center
(607) 255-3822

Sr Circulation/Reserve Assistant
Sharon Parsons
sp91@cornell.edu

Sr Night Supervisor
Saah Quigee
snq2@cornell.edu

 

   FACULTY


Anne Adams, Professor Emerita
RETIRED AND LIVES IN GHANA

Mailing address:
Prof. Anne Adams
Du Bois Center
P.O. Box CT975
Cantinments, Accra
GHANA

ava2@cornell.edu

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Adeolu Ademoyo, Lecturer Yoruba language & culture
Research Interests:
African Philosophy: Ethics, Epistemology and Aesthetics.  The locus of African Languages in delineating met-ethical concepts in African moral discourse, gender issues; family and social structures

Office: Room 201
Phone: (607) 255-7256
E-Mail: aaa54@cornell.edu

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N'Dri Assie-Lumumba, Professor
Research Interests: African and African Diaspora Education;
gender issues; family and social structures

Office: Room 210
Phone: (607) 255-7839
E-Mail: na12@cornell.edu

Biography

on leave fall 2009

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Ayele Bekerie, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Ancient African history; Africana theories and methodologies African Writing Systems

Office: Room 207
Phone: (607) 255-4607
E-Mail: ab67@cornell.edu

Biography

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Carole Boyce Davies, Professor
Research Interests: African Diaspora Studies; Black Women's Writing (internationally); Comparative Black Literature; African Literature; Caribbean Oral and Written Literature; Transnational Femnist Theory

Office: Room 204
Phone: (607) 255-0680
E-Mail: ceb278@cornell.edu

Biography

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Judith A. Byfield, , Associate Professor
Research Interests: Women's social and economic history in Nigeria

Office: Room 104
Phone: (607) 254-6341
E-Mail: jab632@cornell.edu

Biography

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Locksley Edmondson, Professor
Research Interests: African and Caribbean politics;
international relations


Office: Room 202 
Phone: (607) 255-2457
E-Mail:
le18@cornell.edu

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Grant Farred Director of Graduate Studies
Research Interests: 
Postcolonial theory; race; formation of intellectuals; sport's theory; and cultural studies and literary studies

Office: Room 108
Phone: (607) 254-4714
E-Mail:
gaf38@cornell.edu

Biography

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Travis Gosa Assistant Professor

E-Mail: tlg72@cornell.edu
Office: Room 208

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Robert L. Harris, Jr. Professor
Research Interests:  Historic and current cultural, socioeconomic, and political position of the African American in the United States

Office: Room 211
Phone: (607) 255-8536 or 255-5358 
E-Mail: rlh10@cornell.edu

Biography

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Salah M. Hassan, Goldwin Smith Professor and Director
Research Interests: African and African-American art and Visual Culture, Contemporary Art and Theory.

Office: Room 107
Phone: (607) 254-1592
E-Mail: sh40@cornell.edu

Biography

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Ushari Khalil, Visiting Scholar

Office: Room 209
Phone: (607) 254-1585
E-Mail: uaka4@cornell.edu


FROM THE CHRONICLE ONLINE

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Ali Mazrui, Senior Scholar
Research Interests: African politics; international relations;comparative politics; political theory

Office: Room 106
Phone: (607) 255-5054
E-Mail: amazrui@binghamton.edu

Biography

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Sarah Mkhonza, Senior Lecturer

Office: Room 108
Phone: (607) 255-0968
E-Mail: stm36@cornell.edu

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Abdul Nanji, Senior Lecturer
Director of African Languages Program
Research Interests: Central and southern African languages and literature; languages of Africans in teh diaspora; Pan-Africanism

Office: Room 112
Phone: (607) 255-0537
E-Mail: agn3@cornell.edu

Biography

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Riché Richardson, Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Research Interests: American literature; African American literature; Southern Studies

Office: Room 110
Phone: (607) 254-5010
E-Mail: rdr83@cornell.edu

Biography

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James Turner, Professor
Research Interests: African-American political sociology;
racism and social analysis; urban community development;
public polic

Office: Room 205
Phone: (607) 255-0531
E-Mail: jet8@cornell.edu

Biography

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   AFRICANA GRADUATE FIELD

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Gerard Aching, Professor

Office: 409 Morril Hall
Phone: (607) 255-4607
E-Mail: gla23@cornell.edu

Biography

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N'Dri Assie-Lumumba, Professor
Research Interests: African and African Diaspora Education;
gender issues; family and social structures

Office: Room 210
Phone: (607) 255-7839
E-Mail: na12@cornell.edu

Biography

on leave fall 2009

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Ayele Bekerie, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Ancient African history; Africana theories and methodologies African Writing Systems

Office: Room 207
Phone: (607) 255-4607
E-Mail: ab67@cornell.edu

Biography

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Carole Boyce Davies,Professor
Research Interests: African Diaspora Studies; Black Women's Writing (internationally); Comparative Black Literature; African Literature; Caribbean Oral and Written Literature; Transnational Femnist Theory

Office: Room 204
Phone: (607) 255-0680
E-Mail:
ceb278@cornell.edu

Biography

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Judith A. Byfield,Associate Professor
Research Interests: Women's social and economic history in Nigeria

Office: Room 104
Phone: (607) 254-6341
E-Mail
: jab632@cornell.edu

Biography

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Margo Crawford, Associate Professor

Office: 365 Goldwin Smith Hall
Phone: (607) 255-0680
E-Mail:
ceb278@cornell.edu

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Locksley Edmondson, Professor
Research Interests: African and Caribbean politics;
international relations

Office: Room 202 
Phone: (607) 255-2457
E-Mail:
le18@cornell.edu

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Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue, Associate Professor

Office: Room 334 Warren Hall
Phone: (607) 255-0680
E-Mail:
ceb278@cornell.edu

Biography

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Grant Farred, Director of Graduate Studies
Research Interests: 
Postcolonial theory; race; formation of intellectuals; sport's theory; and cultural studies and literary studies

Office: Room 108
Phone: (607) 254-4714
E-Mail:
gaf38@cornell.edu

Biography

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Cheryl Finley , Assistant Professor

Office: GM08 Goldwin Smith Hall
Phone: (607) 255-1195
Fax: (607) 255-0566
E-Mail:
cf86@cornell.edu

Biography

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Sandra E. Greene, Professor

Office: 303 McGraw Hall
Phone: (607) 255-4124
Fax: (607) 255-0469
E-Mail:
seg6@cornell.edu

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Travis Gosa, AssoicateProfessor

Office: 303 McGraw Hall
Phone: (607) 255-4124
Fax: (607) 255-0469
E-Mail:
seg6@cornell.edu

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Robert L. Harris, Jr. Professor
Research Interests:  Historic and current cultural, socioeconomic, and political position of the African American in the United States

Office: Room 211
Phone: (607) 255-8536 or 255-5358 
E-Mail: rlh10@cornell.edu

Biography

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Salah M. Hassan, Goldwin Smith Professor and Director
Research Interests: African and African-American art and Visual Culture, Contemporary Art and Theory.

Office: Room 107
Phone: (607) 254-1592
E-Mail:
sh40@cornell.edu

Biography

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Stacy A.Langwick, Assistant Professor
 
Office: 260 McGraw Hall
Phone: (607) 255-9360
E-Mail:
sal54@cornell.edu

Biography

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Dan Magaziner, Assistant Professor

Office: 320 McGraw Hall
Phone: (607) 319-5007
E-Mail:
drm236@cornell.edu

Biography

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Fouad Makki, Assistant Professor

Office: 337 Warren Hall
Phone:(607) 255-6237
E-Mail:
fmm2@cornell.edu

Biography

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Ali Mazrui, Senior Scholar

Office: 303 McGraw Hall
Phone: (607) 255-4124
Fax: (607) 255-0469
E-Mail:
seg6@cornell.edu

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Kenneth McClane, Professor
English
W.E.B. DuBois Prof. of Literature
Research Interests: African-American poetry; creative writing

E-Mail: kam6@cornell.edu

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Riché Richardson, Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Research Interests:  American literature; African American literature; Southern Studies

Office: Room 110
Phone: (607) 254-5010
E-Mail: rdr83@cornell.edu

Biography

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James Turner , Professor
Research Interests: African-American political sociology;
racism and social analysis; urban community development;
public policy

Office: Room 205
Phone: (607) 255-0531
E-Mail: jet8@cornell.edu

Biography

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van de Walle Nicolas, Professor

Office: 206 White Hall
E-Mail:
nv38@cornell.edu

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Margaret Washington, Professor
History

E-Mail:mw26@cornell.edu

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Dagmawi Woubshet, Assistant Professor

Office: 250 Goldwin Smith Hall
Phone: (607) 255-9546
      
E-Mail:
dw242@cornell.edu

Biography
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