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Home Directory: All Staff

Directory: All Staff
Luvell Edwin Anderson
Professor
vell11@illinois.edu
Ronald William Bailey
Professor Emeritus
rwbailey@illinois.edu
Merle L Bowen
Professor Emerita
bowen@illinois.edu
Adrian Burgos
Professor
burgosjr@illinois.edu
Sundiata Cha-Jua
Associate Professor
schajua@illinois.edu
Jason Paul Chambers
Professor
jpchambe@illinois.edu
Cheryl L Cole
Professor
clcole@illinois.edu
Leon Dash
Swanlund Chair Professor of Journalism
leondash@illinois.edu
Ollie Davis
Professor
owdavis@illinois.edu
Christopher Fennell
Professor
cfennell@illinois.edu
Rebecca Ginsburg
Associate Professor
rginsbur@illinois.edu
Patrick Hammie
James Avery Professor
phammie@illinois.edu
Faye V Harrison
Professor
fvharrsn@illinois.edu
Irvin Hunt
Associate Professor of English and African American Studies
ijh@illinois.edu
Robin L Jarrett
Professor Emerita
rjarrett@illinois.edu
Candice M Jenkins
Professor and Head
cmjenki@illinois.edu
Joycelyn Landrum-Brown
Academic Hourly, Inclusion & Intercultural Rels
jlandrum@illinois.edu
Kimberly R Mack
Associate Professor
krmack@illinois.edu
Benito Jose Marinas
Ivan Racheff Professor Emeritus
marinas@illinois.edu
Cameron R McCarthy
Professor Emeritus
cmccart1@illinois.edu
Erik S McDuffie
Professor
emcduffi@illinois.edu
Leonard Cornell McKinnis II
Associate Professor
leonardm@illinois.edu
Gerald McWorter
Professor Emeritus
mcworter@illinois.edu
Ruby Mendenhall
Kathryn Lee Baynes Dallenbach Professorship in Liberal Arts and Sciences
rubymen@illinois.edu
John Paul Meyers
Associate Professor
meyersjp@illinois.edu
Hope C Michelson
Professor
hopecm@illinois.edu
C. Kemal Nance
Associate Professor
cknance@illinois.edu
Helen A Neville
Professor
hneville@illinois.edu
Esther Ndumi Ngumbi
Assistant Professor
enn@illinois.edu
Mauro Nobili
Professor
nobili@illinois.edu
Eddie O'Byrn
Assistant Professor
Jerry Ogbudimkpa
Director of Health Education
jogbudim@illinois.edu
Cynthia Oliver
CAS Professor
coliver@illinois.edu
Venetria Kirsten Patton
Harry E. Preble Dean
vkpatton@illinois.edu
Gabriel A Peoples
Associate Professor
gpeopl2@illinois.edu
Mary Frances Phillips
Associate Professor
phill190@illinois.edu
Felisa Vergara Reynolds
Associate Professor
felisavr@illinois.edu
Kevin Rigby Jr.
Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Associate
kevin994@illinois.edu
Jaz Riley
Postdoctoral Research Associate
riley25@illinois.edu
D Fairchild Ruggles
Professor and Presidential Chair in Humanities and Social Science
dfr1@illinois.edu
Eleanor Seaton
Professor
eseaton@illinois.edu
Imanni Sheppard
INSTR, African American Studies
iks@illinois.edu
Krystal Ashlee Smalls
Associate Professor
ksmalls@illinois.edu
Bobby J. Smith II
Associate Professor
bobbyjs2@illinois.edu
Samuel Smith
DIR CIVIC & COMMUNITY PRACTICE
smsmith3@illinois.edu
Shardé Smith
Associate Professor
snsmith@illinois.edu
Siobhan B Somerville
Associate Professor
sbs@illinois.edu
Marilyn Thomas-Houston
ACADEMIC HRLY ADMIN
mthomash@illinois.edu
Thomas Weissinger
Professor Emeritus
tweissin@illinois.edu
Alexia Williams
Assistant Professor
alexiaw@illinois.edu
David Wilson
Professor
dwilson2@illinois.edu
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of African American Studies
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