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Faculty & Staff

Program Coordinator

Joseph Derrick Nelson

Associate Professor

Program Coordinator, Black Studies

Educational Studies

Black Studies

Gender & Sexuality Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6493
  2. Office Hours: Wednesday - 1:15 pm -3:45 pm
    Pearson 109
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Program Committee

Jamal Batts

Assistant Professor

Black Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-3718
  2. Parrish Hall W223
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Timothy Burke

Professor

Department Chair, History

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8115
  2. Trotter Hall 206
  3. Office Hours: Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and Thursdays, 2-4 p.m.

Interests: Africa, cultural studies

Professor Timothy J. Burke

Desiree Diaz

Associate Professor

Comparative Literature

Spanish

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7682
  2. Kohlberg Hall 338
  3. Office Hours: On Leave 24-25

Interests: Latin American literature and cultural studies, Caribbean literature and visual culture, US Latino/a studies, film studies, performance studies, popular and material culture, urban studies. 

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Anthony Foy

Associate Professor

Department Chair, English Literature

English Literature

Black Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-6867
  2. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 207
Foy 2015

Nina Johnson

(she-her-hers-herself)

Associate Professor of Sociology

Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology

Black Studies

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5773
  2. Kohlberg Hall 247
  3. Office Hours: Wednesdays, 11:00am- 1:00pm
Professor Nina Johnson

Elise Mitchell

Assistant Professor

History

Contact

  1. Trotter Hall 213
  2. Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-11 a.m., or by appointment
Elise Mitchell

Peter Schmidt

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor

English Literature

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8156
  2. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 206
  3. Office Hours: Tues and Thurs 11:15 to 12:00 
    and by appointment.
    (in person or via Zoom)
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Marshall Smith III

Assistant Professor

Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies

Black Studies

Gender & Sexuality Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-3357
  2. Kohlberg Hall 341
  3. Office Hours: Wednesdays 4-6 p.m.

Interests: Francophone and Anglophone Caribbean Literatures and Cultures, African Diaspora Studies, Visual and Material Cultures, Critical Theory, Black Geographies, Africana Philosophy, and Queer Studies.

Marshall Smith

Tracey Stewart

Assistant Professor

Music

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6266
  2. Lang Music Building 411
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Edlin Veras

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology

Black Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6310
  2. Kohlberg Hall 241
  3. Office Hours: By appointment
    Tuesdays, 4:00- 5:00pm in person or via Zoom 
Professor Edlin Veras

Isaiah Wooden

Assistant Professor

Theater

Contact

  1. Eugene M. and Theresa Lang Performing Arts Center 307
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Carina Yervasi

Associate Professor

Executive Director, Global Engagement

Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies

Global Engagement Office

Global Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8167
  2. Kohlberg Hall 309
  3. Cunningham House Scott Arboretum
  4. Office Hours: Most MONDAYS when classes are in session: 1- 4 PM Please sign up at the following link. Walk-ins available for 20 min. appointments, when the office door is open. 
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Program Associates

Valerie Smith

President

President's Office

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8314
  2. Parrish Hall E236S
Valerie Smith

Emeriti

Syd Carpenter

Peggy Chan Professor Emerita of Black Studies

Emeritus Art

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8069
  2. Beardsley Hall 217
Syd Carpenter

Allison Dorsey

Professor Emerita

Emeritus History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7676
  2. Trotter Hall 213

Interests: African American, African American women, U.S., South, food

 

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Staff

Cheryl Sharp

(she-her-hers-herself)

Administrative Coordinator

Interdisciplinary Programs

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7750
  2. Trotter Hall 107
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Deb Sloman

(she-her-hers-herself)

Administrative Assistant II, Classics; Administrative Assistant II, Asian Studies

Classics

Interdisciplinary Programs

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8165
  2. Trotter Hall 110
  3. Trotter Hall 107
Deb Sloman