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Affiliate Faculty
Affiliate Faculty
Adrian Burgos
Professor
burgosjr@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
Professor
phammie@illinois.edu
Joycelyn Landrum-Brown
Adjunct Lecturer
jlandrum@illinois.edu
Benito Jose Marinas
Professor
marinas@illinois.edu
Cameron R McCarthy
Professor Emeritus
cmccart1@illinois.edu
Hope C Michelson
Associate Professor
hopecm@illinois.edu
Mauro Nobili
Associate Professor
nobili@illinois.edu
Jerry Ogbudimkpa
Director of Health Education
jogbudim@illinois.edu
Cynthia Oliver
CAS Professor
coliver@illinois.edu
Felisa Vergara Reynolds
Associate Professor
felisavr@illinois.edu
D Fairchild Ruggles
Professor
dfr1@illinois.edu
Imanni Sheppard
TCH ASST PROF, MED EDUC FCLTR
iks@illinois.edu
Krystal Ashlee Smalls
Assistant Professor
ksmalls@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
Christopher Span
Professor
cspan@illinois.edu
Marilyn Thomas-Houston
PROJ CO-DIR
mthomash@illinois.edu
David Wilson
Professor
dwilson2@illinois.edu