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.
**On Academic Leave Fall 2008 / Spring 2009
Farah J. Griffin
Director, Institute for Research in African-American Studies
William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature
and African-American Studies
Chair, Graduate Studies Program
Ph.D., Yale University
- Fredrick C. Harris
Professor of Political Science
Chair, Undergraduate Studies Program
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 2008 / Spring 2009 
- 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
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
John Szwed, Music
E-mail: jfs54@columbia.edu
Dorian T. Warren, Political Science and the School of International and Public Affairs
E-mail: dw2288@columbia.edu
