Black Studies Faculty

Painting by Woodruff, Hale, titled Georgia Landscape

Black Studies Faculty

(Woodruff, Hale. Georgia Landscape. ca. 1934-1935. Oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art Museum)

Core Faculty

Dr. Eva Michelle Wheeler

Associate Professor, World Languages & Cultures

Dr. Danny Kyei-Poakwa

Visiting Assistant Professor, Black Studies

Dr. Aishah Scott

Assistant Professor, Health Sciences

Dr. Paul Cato

Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Black Studies

Dr. Tony Affigne

Professor, BLS Interim Department Chair; Political Science

Marco McWilliams

Adjunct Instructor, Black Studies


Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Comfort Ateh

Associate Professor, Assoc. Provost for DEI

Dr. Christopher Chambers

Assistant Professor, Sociology & Anthropology

Dr. Eric Hirsch

Professor, Sociology & Anthropology

Dr. Carmen Rolón

Associate Professor, Chair of Secondary Education

Dr. Daniel Banini

Assistant Professor, Political Science

Dr. Luz Colpa

Assistant Professor, History and Classics

Dr. Alyssa Lopez

Assistant Professor, History

Dr. Tuire Valkeakari

Professor, English

Dr. Patrick Breen

Associate Professor, History

Dr. Matthew Dowling

Assistant Professor, History

Dr. Eric Melley

Assistant Professor, Music

Dr. Eve Veliz-Moran

Associate Professor, Chair of Sociology & Anthropology

Black Studies
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Katherine Lynch

Administrative Coordinator
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