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
Associate Professor of Anthropology and African-American Studies
Ph.D., New School for Social Research. Chair, Graduate Studies Program
Farah J. Griffin William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature
and African-American Studies
Ph.D., Yale University **On Academic Leave July 1, 2009 - Sept 1, 2010
Fredrick C. Harris Director, Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Manning Marable M. Moran Weston, Black Alumni Council Professor of African-American Studies
Professor of History and Political Science;
Director, Center for Contemporary Black History
Founding Director, Institute for Research in African-American Studies. **On Academic Leave Fall 2009
Samuel K. Roberts
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Princeton University Chair, Undergraduate Studies Program
Sudhir Venkatesh William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology
and African-American Studies
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Carla Shedd Assistant Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Josef Sorett Assistant Professor of Religion and African-American Studies
Ph.D., Harvard University
Dorian T. Warren
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International & Public Affairs
Ph.D., Yale University
The affiliated faculty of the African-American Studies Program Include:
