Faculty

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Faculty 

Name Contact Specialty
Rose Brewer

Professor
839 Social Sciences

612-624-9305

brewe001@umn.edu
Social and behavioral sciences, public policy and development, African diasporic studies
Njeri Githire

Associate Professor
848 Social Sciences

612-625-1687

ngithire@umn.edu
African artistic and cultural production, African diasporic studies
Keith Mayes

Associate Professor
827 Social Sciences

612-624-5202

mayes@umn.edu
African American history, social and behavioral sciences; public policy
Tade Okediji

Professor
868 Social Sciences

612-624-8957

tokediji@umn.edu
Social and behavioral sciences, public policy and development, Africa and African diasporic studies
Yuichiro Onishi

Associate Professor
874 Social Sciences

612-625-0513

ohni0001@umn.edu
African American history, Asian American studies, African diaspora studies
Bula Sirika Wayessa

Assistant Professor
872 Social Sciences
612-624-5083

bwayessa@umn.edu
 
African archeology, social marginalization, the materiality of social identity, mobility, ontology, and agricultural change
Josef Woldense

Assistant Professor 
878 Social Sciences

612-624-0362

jwoldens@umn.edu
Elite politics; authoritarian regimes, African political institutions and social network analysis

 

Instructors

Name Contact Specialty
Khadar Jama

Lecturer 
852 Social Sciences

612-624-8571

jamax028@umn.edu
African languages (Somali)

Hassan Hade

Teaching Specialist

852 Social Sciences

612-624-8571

hhade@umn.edu
African languages (Somali)
Angaluki Muaka

Senior Teaching Specialist
856 Social Sciences

612-625-0185

muaka@umn.edu
African Languages (Swahili), African diasporic studies
Yolanda Williams

Lecturer
836 Social Sciences

612-624-0122

willi233@umn.edu
African American literature, art, and history

 

Affiliate Faculty

Affiliate faculty have homes in other departments, but hold appointments in our African American & African Studies department.

Name Contact Specialty

Adam Bledsoe

Assistant Professor

414 Social Sciences

612-625-6080

bleds008@umn.edu

Geography. Environment & Society
Nathaniel Mills

Associate Professor
Pillsbury Hall

612-625-8444

mills175@umn.edu
English
Michael Minta

Professor

1337 Social Sciences

612-626-5632

mdminta@umn.edu

Political Science
August Nimtz

Professor
1327 Social Sciences

612-624-1512

animtz@umn.edu
Political Science

 

Faculty Emeriti

Name Specialty
Keletso Atkins Africa, African diasporic studies
Victoria Coifman Africa, African diasporic studies
John Wright African American literature, art, and history; Africa and African diasporic studies