African Studies Active Participant List
Select the African Studies MA Program Active Participant list to view faculty members who are eligible to be nominated to serve on student committees.
African Studies Faculty Administrative Committee 2026-27
W. Harold Torrence, Chair, African Studies
Shamara Alhassan, Ph.D., African American Studies
Hannah Appel, Ph.D., Anthropology, International Institute
Andrew Apter, Ph.D., History, International Institute
Stephanie Bosch Santana, Ph.D., Comparative Literature
Sobukwe Odinga, Ph.D., African American Studies
Edith Mukudi Omwami, Ph.D., Education
Paula A. Tavrow, Ph.D., Community Health Sciences
Dominic R. Thomas, Ph.D., European Languages and Transcultural Studies
W. Harold Torrence, Ph.D., Linguistics
Hollian Wint, Ph.D., History
African Studies Affiliated Faculty
Graeme Blair, Political Science
Aomar Boum, Anthropology
Lia Brozgal, French and Francophone Studies
Judith Carney, Geography
Darin Christensen, Public Policy
Randall Crane, School of Public Affairs
Deborah Glik, Public Health
Yogita Goyal, English
Edmond Keller, Political Science
Robin Kelley, History
Cheryl Keyes, Ethnomusicology, African American Studies
Robert S. Kirsner, Germanic Languages
Michael F. Lofchie, Political Science
Ghislaine Lydon, History
Alain Mabanckou, French & Francophone Studies
Minayo Nasiali, History
Charlotte Neumann, Public Health
Daniel Posner, Political Science
Anne Rimoin, Epidemiology
Allen F. Roberts, French and Francophone Studies, World Arts & Cultures/Dance
Christopher Waterman, World Arts & Cultures
Willeke Wendrich, Near Eastern Languages & Culture
