STAFF AND LIBRARIANS
 
 


Africana Studies and Research Center

Director
Salah M. Hassan
Room 107
(607) 254-1592

sh40@cornell.edu

Administrative Manager
Vacant

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

Sheila Towner
Graduate and Undergraduate 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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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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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
Research Interests: 
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 policy
Office: Room 205
Phone: (607) 255-0531
E-Mail: jet8@cornell.edu

Biography
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   AFRICANA GRADUATE FIELD


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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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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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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
Research Interests: 
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
Research Interests: 
Office: 260 McGraw Hall
Phone: (607) 255-9360
E-Mail:
sal54@cornell.edu

Biography
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Dan Magaziner, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: 
Office: 320 McGraw Hall
Phone: (607) 319-5007
E-Mail:
drm236@cornell.edu

Biography
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Fouad Makki, Assistant Professor
Research Interests: 
Office: 337 Warren Hall
Phone:(607) 255-6237
E-Mail:
fmm2@cornell.edu

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

Research Interests: 
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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Margaret Washington, Professor
History
Research Interests: 
E-Mail:
mw26@cornell.edu

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Dagmawi Woubshet, Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
Office: 250 Goldwin Smith Hall
Phone: (607) 255-9546
      
E-Mail:
dw242@cornell.edu

Biography
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