About
Jafari Sinclaire Allen
Director, Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS) Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies, Editor-in-Chief, Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Society, and Culture.
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The Institute for Research in African-American Studies of Columbia University, founded in July 1993 by Dr. Manning Marable, is an academic resource center. Learn more here.
For ten years, Dr. Manning Marable was the founding director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, from 1993 to 2003. Learn about his life and contributions.
The affiliated faculty of the African-American Studies Program include:
Vanessa Agard-Jones
Anthropology
Belinda Archibong
Economics, Barnard College
Christopher Brown
History
Maguette Camara
Dance
Mamadou Diouf
African Studies
Ann Douglas
English and Comparative Literature
Geraldine Downey
Psychology
Brent Hayes Edwards
English & Comparative Literature
Abosede George
Associate Professor of History & Africana Studies- Barnard College
Saidiya Hartman
Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Columbia University
Rashid Khalidi
History
George E. Lewis
Music
Mahmood Mamdani
Anthropology, Political Science
Gregory Mann
History
Michele Moody-Adams
Philosophy
Christia Mercer
Philosophy
Premilla Nadasen
History, Barnard College
Robert O'Meally
English and Comparative Literature
Gayatri Spivak
University Professor- English & Comparative Literature
Susan P. Sturm
Columbia Law School
Patricia J. Wiliams
Columbia Law School
Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Jafari Allen
Director
Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, A&S Afr Am & Afr Diaspora Stud; Director, Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Shawn D. Mendoza
Assistant Director
Center for African-American Religion, Sexual Politics & Social Justice
Josef Sorett
Director Center for African-American Religion, Sexual Politics & Social Justice
Derrick McQueen
Staff Associate
Center for Race, Philosophy and Social Justice
Robert Gooding-Williams
Director Center for Race, Philosophy and Social Justice
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