Faculty and Staff
The Department of Africana Studies has a core group of faculty members who are the primary mentors for our students advising theses, internships, and directed readings in the department along with their traditional teaching and research responsibilities.
They are joined by a group of affiliated faculty members from across the university who teach courses for Africana Studies on a regular basis.
Core faculty and staff are those whose "home department" is Africana Studies or who are jointly appointed faculty members in both Africana Studies and another discipline within the College of Arts and Letters.
Affiliated faculty are those faculty members who have formal ties to Africana Studies through coursework, research, or service to the University focused on Africa, the Diaspora, and the African American experience.
Core Faculty & Staff
Scott Barton
Assistant Professor
Shannon Carter
Departmental Coordinator, Africana Studies
Bernard Forjwuor
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Africana Studies; Assistant Professor
Maria K. McKenna
Professor of the Practice, Africana Studies & Education, Schooling, and Society; Director, Transformational Leaders Program & AnBryce Scholars
Ernest Morrell
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Letters; Coyle Professor in Literacy Education; Africana Studies, English, Institute of Educational Initiatives
Chanté Mouton Kinyon
Assistant Professor, English
Rev. Paulinus Odozor, C.S.Sp.
Professor, Africana Studies & Theology
(Rev. Canon) Hugh Page, Jr.
Vice President, Associate Provost; Professor, Africana Studies & Theology
Richard Pierce
Associate Professor, Africana Studies & History
Dianne Pinderhughes
Professor, Africana Studies & Political Science; Notre Dame Presidential Fellow
Mark Sanders
Chair, Department of Africana Studies; Professor, Africana Studies & English, Director, Notre Dame initiative on Race and Resilience
Zachary Sell
Assistant Professor
Affiliated Faculty
Steven Battin
Assistant Professor, Systematic Theology
Catherine Bolton
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies
Jon Coleman
Andrew V. Tackes College Professor of History
Darren Davis
Professor, Political Science
LaDonna Forsgren
Professor, Film, Television, and Theatre
Korey Garibaldi
Assistant Professor, American Studies
Karen Graubart
Associate Professor, History
Stuart Greene
Emeritus Associate Professor, Africana Studies & English
Emmanuel Katongole
Professor of Theology and Peace Studies
Erin McDonnell
Associate Professor, Sociology
Marisel Moreno
Associate Professor, Spanish
Leslie L. Morgan
Associate Faculty Librarian
Paul Ocobock
Associate Professor, History
Rahul Oka
Ford Family Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Jacquetta Page
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Africana Studies
Karen Richman
Director, Undergraduate Studies Institute for Latino Studies and Creole Language and Culture Program
Jason Ruiz
Chair & Associate Professor, American Studies
Valerie Sayers
Emeritus Professor, English
Sophie White
Professor, American Studies