Faculty & Advisory Board
Associate Professor of History
Interdisciplinary Program Coordinator, Africana Studies
Interim Chair, Department of Religious Studies
Associate Dean, School of Arts & Sciences
Specialties:
- Political and Cultural History of Latin America
- Welfare and Philanthropy in Latin America
- Sociology of Medical Knowledge
(804) 287-6374
Associate Professor of Dance
Africana Studies Advisory Board Member
American Studies Advisory Board Member
Inclusive Community Council (ICC) Member
Specialties:
- Contemporary Dance
- Improvisation
- Choreography
- Dance and Social Justice
(804) 287-6350
Assistant Professor of Sociology/Africana Studies
Specialties:
- Racial and Ethnic Minorities
- Family
- Inequality, Poverty and Mobility
- Race, Class, and Gender
- Sociology of Education
- Higher Education
804-289-8070
Professor of French
Africana Studies Advisory Board Member
Specialties:
- Francophone Literature
- Post-Colonial Criticism
(804) 289-8104
Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies
Specialties:
- 20th Century United States
- Social Movements
- African American History
- Black Women's History
- Appalachian Studies
(807) 287-6306
Associate Professor of Political Science
Specialties:
- Political behavior
- Public opinion
- Voting and Participation
- Campaigns and elections
- Race and ethnicity
- Political methodology
(804) 484-1627
Irving May Professor of Human Relations, Professor of Sociology
Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Africana Studies Advisory Board Member
Director, University of Richmond Race and Racism Project
American Studies Advisory Board Member
Specialties:
- Race
- Masculinity
- African American culture
- Hip Hop/Rap
- Gender
- Content Analysis
- Racial Identity
- Black/Africana Studies
Samuel Chiles Mitchell-Jacob Billikopf Professor of History and Global Studies
Africana Studies Advisory Board Member
Global Studies Concentration Advisor: Politics and Governance, Culture and Communications
Specialties:
- Colonial Africa
- History of Education
- Nationalism and Decolonization
(804) 289-8976
Emeriti Faculty
Professor of English, Emeritus
Africana Studies Advisory Board Member, Emeritus
Specialties:
- African American Literature and Culture
- 20th Century American Literature
- Black Vernacular Tradition
- Post-Blackness
(804) 289-8292