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Faculty

Together, Columbia University and Barnard College have one of the strongest faculties in the United States. Our "core faculty" members are either appointed at the Institute, or have an appointment as a research fellow within the Institute. A number of faculty members work closely with the Institute, cross-listing their courses as part of the African-American Studies curriculum and participating in the events and programs sponsored by the Institute; they are the Institute's "affiliated faculty". The core faculty of the African-American Studies Program:

  • Steven Gregory
    Director, Institute for Research in African-American Studies
    Chair, Graduate Studies-African-American Studies Program.
    Associate Professor of Anthropology and African-American Studies
    Ph.D., New School for Social Research.
  • Farah J. Griffin
    Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies
    Chair, Undergraduate African-American Studies Program.
    Ph.D., Yale University.
  • Manning Marable
    Professor of History and Political Science;
    Director, Center for Contemporary Black History
    Founding Director, Institute for Research in African-American Studies.

 

  • Samuel K. Roberts
    Assistant Professor, History and Research Fellow of African-American Studies.
    Ph.D., Princeton University.
  •  Sudhir Venkatesh
    Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies
    Director of the Center for Urban Policy & Research
    Ph.D., University of Chicago

     
  • Carla Shedd
    Assistant Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies
    Ph.D., Northwestern University

 

The "affiliated faculty" of the African-American Studies Program Include:

Marcellus Blount, English and Comparative Literature
E-mail: mb33@columbia.edu

George Bond, Anthropology and Education.
E-mail: gcb1@columbia.edu

Maguette Camara, Dance.
E-mail: mcamara@barnard.edu

Ann Douglas, English and Comparative Literature.
E-mail: ad34@columbia.edu

Barbara Fields, History.
E-mail: bjf1@columbia.edu

Eric Foner, History.
E-mail: ef17@columbia.edu

Coco Fusco, Visual Arts.
Email: cf2102@columbia.edu

Fredrick C. Harris, Political Science
Email: fh2170@columbia.edu

Carl Hart, Psychology/Clinical Psychiatry
E-mail: clh42@columbia.edu

Kellie Jones, Art History & Archaeology
Email: kej2110@columbia.edu

Ousmane Kane, International and Public Affairs
E-mail: ok2009@columbia.edu

Rashid Khalidi, History
rik2101@columbia.edu

George E. Lewis, Music Department.
E-mail: gl2140@columbia.edu

Natasha Lightfoot, History Department.
E-mail: njl2106@columbia.edu

Mahmood Mamdani, Anthropology, Political Science
E-mail: mm1124@columbia.edu

Lionel C. McIntyre, Architecture, Planning & Preservation;
E-mail: lcm3@columbia.edu

Gregory Mann, History.
E-mail: gm522@columbia.edu

Robert O'Meally, English and Comparative Literature.
E-mail: rgo1@columbia.edu

David Scott, Anthropology
E-mail: das133@columbia.edu

Dorian T. Warren, Political Science and the School of International and Public Affairs
E-mail: dw2288@columbia.edu