
Core Faculty
Kellie E. Jones
Hans Hofmann Professor of Modern Art, Department of Art History and Archaeology; Chair African American and African Diaspora Studies
Research Interest

Core Faculty
Jafari S. Allen
Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, A&S Afr Am & Afr Diaspora Stud; Director, Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Research Interest

Core Faculty
Shanya Cordis
Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies ; Center for Ethnicity & Race (CSER)
Research Interest

Core Faculty
Edwidge Danticat
Wun Tsun Mellon Professor of the Humanities, African American and African Diaspora Studies

Core Faculty
Kevin A. Fellezs
Associate Professor of Music, Department of Music & African American and African Diaspora Studies Department
Research Interest

Core Faculty
Nyle Fort
Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies
Research Interest

Core Faculty
Robert J. Gooding-Williams
M. Moran Weston/Black Alumni Council Professor of African American Studies, Department of Philosophy & African American and African Diaspora Studies Department.
Research Interest

Core Faculty
Farah Jasmine Griffin
William B. Ransford Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African American Studies. Professor of African American Studies and African Diaspora Studies. Director of Undergraduate Studies (AAADS).
Research Interest

Core Faculty
Frank A. Guridy
Professor of History and Dr. Kenneth and Kareitha Forde Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies
Research Interest

Core Faculty
Samuel K. Roberts
Associate Professor of History and of Sociomedical Sciences, Department of History & African American and African Diaspora Studies Department (AAADS). Director of Graduate Studies (AAADS).
Research Interest

Core Faculty
Josef Sorett
Professor of Religion and African American & African Diaspora Studies
Research Interest

Core Faculty
Mabel O. Wilson
Nancy and George Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Research Interest

Research Affiliates
Alice L. Brown
Research Affiliate (AAADS). Visiting Research Fellow at the African Centre for the Study of the United States, University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa

Research Affiliates
Victoria J. Collis-Buthelezi
Research Affiliate (AAADS). Associate Professor in English at the University of Johannesburg and Director of UJ’s Centre for the Study of Race, Gender and Class

Research Affiliates
Gilbert M. Khadiagala
Research Affiliate (AAADS). Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS) at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Research Affiliates
Dr. David Maurrasse
Research Affiliate (AAADS). Adjunct Associate Professor and Adjunct Research Scholar, Columbia University

Research Fellows
Vanessa Agard-Jones
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Institute Research Fellow
Research Interest

Research Fellows
Isabel Cristina Ferreira dos Reis
Columbia Mellon Arts Project, International Visiting Professor 2023-24

Research Fellows
Dr. Racquel Gates
Associate Professor of Film in the Faculty of the Arts
Research Interest

Research Fellows
Fredrick Cornelius Harris
Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science; Dean of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Research Interest

Research Fellows
Carl L. Hart
Mamie Phipps Clark Professor of Psychology
Research Interest

Research Fellows
Obery M. Hendricks
Professor Emeritus, NY Theological Seminary & IRAAS Visiting Scholar
Research Interest

Research Fellows
David J Knight
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Research Interest

Research Fellows
Colin W. Leach
Professor- Psychology & Africana Studies; Barnard College Graduate Faculty in Psychology, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Institute Research Fellow
Research Interest

Research Fellows
Natasha J. Lightfoot
Associate Professor of History, Department of History
Research Interest

Research Fellows
Mignon R. Moore
Professor of Sociology, Barnard College; Chair, Department of Sociology, Barnard
Research Interest

Adjuncts
C. Daniel Dawson
Adjunct Professor
Research Interest

Adjuncts
Dr. Vivaldi Jean-Marie
Adjunct Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies
Research Interest
Staff
Shawn D. Mendoza
Director of Academic Administraion and Finance, African American and African Diaspora Studies Department; Assistant Director, Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Staff
Sharon N. Harris
Administrative Assistant, African American and African Diaspora Studies Department

Staff
Tumelo Mosaka
Mellon Project Director and Curator, African American and Afircan Diaspora Studies