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African Diaspora Studies Faculty

Program Director

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Sylvie Coulibaly Associate Professor of History Areas of Expertise African American intellectual tradition; immigration, border studies and transnationalism; Atlantic history.	Campus Address Seitz House 01 Phone Number (740) 427-5624 Email coulibalys@kenyon.edu	History American Studies African Diaspora Studies Women's & Gender Studies

Faculty

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Ennis Edmonds Donald L. Rogan Professor of Religious Studies Areas of Expertise African diaspora religions, religion in America, sociology of religion and Caribbean society and culture.	Campus Address O'Connor House 204 Phone Number (740) 427-5726 Email edmondse@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies American Studies International Studies African Diaspora Studies
Francis Gourrier Assistant Professor of American Studies and History Areas of Expertise African American; women and gender; modern U.S. history (1845-present).	Campus Address Seitz House 06 Phone Number (740) 427-5772 Email gourrierf@kenyon.edu	History American Studies African Diaspora Studies
Bruce Hardy Professor of Anthropology Areas of Expertise Neanderthals, human ecology, biological anthropology	Campus Address Palme House 207 Phone Number (740) 427-5886 Email hardyb@kenyon.edu	Anthropology Neuroscience Environmental Studies African Diaspora Studies
Marla Kohlman Professor of Sociology	Campus Address Ralston House 201 Phone Number (740) 427-4275509 Email kohlmanm@kenyon.edu	Sociology Law & Society African Diaspora Studies Women's & Gender Studies
Ted Mason Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Special Advisor to the President Professor of English Areas of Expertise African-American literature and culture, narrative theory, literary and cultural theory.	Campus Address Lentz House 106 Phone Number (740) 427-5204 Email masonte@kenyon.edu	Provost African Diaspora Studies English Dance, Drama & Film
Jesse Matz Professor of English Areas of Expertise Modernist culture, narrative theory	Campus Address Lentz House 209 Phone Number (740) 427-5209 Email matzj@kenyon.edu	English African Diaspora Studies Dance, Drama & Film
Hewlet McFarlane Professor of Neuroscience Areas of Expertise Neuroscience, autism, schizophrenia/depression.	Campus Address Samuel Mather Hall 413 Phone Number (740) 427-5375 Email mcfarlaneh@kenyon.edu	Neuroscience African Diaspora Studies
Glenn McNair Professor of History Areas of Expertise Race and criminal Justice, slavery and southern history, and dynamics of African-American identity formation	Campus Address O'Connor House 205 Phone Number (740) 427-5325 Email mcnairg@kenyon.edu	History American Studies African Diaspora Studies
Kimmarie Murphy Associate Professor of Anthropology Areas of Expertise Diet and health, human osteology, paleopathology/epidemiology, human evolution, disease ecology, human adaptation, Stable Isotope Analysis, Icelandic archaeology, African archaeology.	Campus Address Palme House 108 Phone Number (740) 427-5887 Email murphyk@kenyon.edu	Anthropology African Diaspora Studies
Pashmina Murthy Associate Professor of English Areas of Expertise Postcolonial studies, critical theory, transnational studies.	Campus Address English Cottage 108 Phone Number (740) 427-5213 Email murthyp@kenyon.edu	English Women's & Gender Studies Dance, Drama & Film International Studies African Diaspora Studies Asian and Middle East Studies
Peter Rutkoff Professor of American Studies Executive Director of the KAP Program	Campus Address O'Connor House 203 Phone Number (740) 427-5317 Email rutkoff@kenyon.edu	American Studies African Diaspora Studies
Reginald Sanders Professor of Music Areas of Expertise Bach family and music in the Baroque and Classical periods, music in the 19th century, opera, music and dance and other interdisciplinary studies	Campus Address Storer Hall 022 Phone Number (740) 427-5198 Email sandersr@kenyon.edu	Music African Diaspora Studies
Ric Sheffield Professor of Sociology & Legal Studies Distinguished Professor in Diversity and Inclusion	Campus Address Ralston House 104 Phone Number (740) 427-5852 Email sheffier@kenyon.edu	Sociology American Studies Law & Society African Diaspora Studies
David Suggs Professor of Anthropology	Campus Address Palme House 109 Phone Number (740) 427-5851 Email suggs@kenyon.edu	Anthropology African Diaspora Studies Environmental Studies International Studies
Jonathan Tazewell Thomas S. Turgeon Professor of Drama Areas of Expertise Theater directing, filmmaking, acting	Campus Address Hill Theater 201 Phone Number (740) 427-5538 Email tazewellj@kenyon.edu	Dance, Drama & Film American Studies African Diaspora Studies
Stephen Volz Associate Professor of History Areas of Expertise Africa, colonialism, history of religion	Campus Address Seitz House 09 Phone Number (740) 427-5836 Email volzs@kenyon.edu	History African Diaspora Studies International Studies