Program Coordinator
Joseph Derrick Nelson
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Black Studies
Educational Studies
Black Studies
Gender & Sexuality Studies
Contact
Links
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Program Committee
Jamal Batts
Assistant Professor
Black Studies
Contact
![Headshot of Assistant Professor Jamal Batts](/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/jbatts1/Jamal%20Batts%20PiTA8%20%281%29%20%281%29_0.jpg.webp?itok=_ANc-ZWU)
Timothy Burke
Professor
Department Chair, History (co-chair)
History
Contact
Links
- Profile
- Easily Distracted: Culture, Politics, Academia, and Other Shiny Objects
- Aydelotte Foundation
Interests: Africa, cultural studies
![Professor Timothy J. Burke](/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/tburke1/burkeself1.jpg.webp?itok=D_Up4SNh)
Desiree Diaz
Associate Professor
Comparative Literature
Spanish
Contact
Links
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.
![Photo of Desiree Diaz](/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/ddiaz1/Attachment-1.jpeg.webp?itok=E6b_XQ2h)
Anthony Foy
Associate Professor
Department Chair, English Literature
English Literature
Black Studies
Contact
Links
![Foy 2015](/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/afoy1/MMUF_Foy_2014_0.jpeg.webp?itok=9x2f2roE)
Nina Johnson
Associate Professor of Sociology
Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology
Black Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
Contact
Links
![Professor Nina Johnson](/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/njohnso5/NinaJohnson2020Photo_0.JPG.webp?itok=MkIE0aQr)
Christy Schuetze
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Department Chair, Sociology & Anthropology
Sociology & Anthropology-Anthropology
Contact
Links
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Marshall Smith III
Assistant Professor
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Black Studies
Gender & Sexuality Studies
Contact
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](/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_photos/msmith14.jpg.webp?itok=IJd2Trns)
Edlin Veras
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology
Black Studies
Contact
Links
![Professor Edlin Veras](/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/everas1/Veras_headshot.png.webp?itok=z8oNPwzN)
Carina Yervasi
Associate Professor
Executive Director, Global Engagement
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Global Engagement
Global Studies
Contact
Links
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Program Associates
![Valerie Smith](/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/vsmith1/valerie_smith_about_110x110.jpg.webp?itok=fLAhECMP)
Staff
Cheryl Sharp
Administrative Coordinator, Asian Studies; SCP Replacement, Asian Studies
Interdisciplinary Programs
Contact
![Photo of Cheryl Sharp](/sites/default/files/styles/headshot/public/assets/images/user_profiles/csharp1/Cheryl_Headshot.jpg.webp?itok=uYaEoqaS)
Deb Sloman
Administrative Assistant II, Classics; Administrative Assistant II, Asian Studies; Temporary Administrative Coordinator, Political Science
Classics
Interdisciplinary Programs
Contact
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