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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
    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:

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

Christopher Brown, History
E-mail:  clb2140@columbia.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
E-mail: gl2140@columbia.edu

Natasha Lightfoot, History
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

Alondra Nelson,  Sociology
E-mail:  an2368@columbia.edu

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

Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Psychology
E-mail: vjp12@columbia.edu


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

John Szwed, Music
E-mail:  jfs54@columbia.edu