IRAAS

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Mabel O. Wilson
Meet the Director

Mabel O. Wilson (’91 M.Arch) is the Nancy and George Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, a Professor in African American and African Diasporic Studies, and the Director of the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS) at Columbia University. Learn more

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History

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.

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Founding Director

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

Mabel Wilson
Director
Nancy and George E. Rupp Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Institute Research Fellow

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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