# Standing Faculty

**Source**: https://africana.sas.upenn.edu/department-africana-studies/standing-faculty
**Parent**: https://africana.sas.upenn.edu/department

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Africana Studies Department Chair,
Geraldine R. Segal Professorship in American Social Thought, Professor of Africana Studies

[wilh@sas.upenn.edu](mailto:wilh@sas.upenn.edu)

### [Keisha-Khan Y. Perry](/people/keisha-khan-perry)

Africana Studies Graduate Chair,
Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor of Africana Studies

[kyperry@sas.upenn.edu](mailto:kyperry@sas.upenn.edu)

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Africana Studies Undergraduate Chair,
Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies

[marciach@sas.upenn.edu](mailto:marciach@sas.upenn.edu)

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Presidential Penn Compact Professor of Africana Studies,
Director, Center for Africana Studies, Secondary Faculty, Department of Political Science

[adebanwi@sas.upenn.edu](mailto:adebanwi@sas.upenn.edu)

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Presidential Assistant Professor of Africana Studies

[amda@sas.upenn.edu](mailto:amda@sas.upenn.edu)

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Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt President’s Distinguished Professor of English and Africana Studies,

[hbeavers@english.upenn.edu](mailto:hbeavers@english.upenn.edu)

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George E. Doty, Jr. & Lee Spelman Doty Presidential Associate Professor of Africana Studies

[vabooker@sas.upenn.edu](mailto:vabooker@sas.upenn.edu)

### [Odette Casamayor-Cisneros](/people/odette-casamayor-cisneros)

Associate Professor of Caribbean and Latin American Studies

[odettecc@upenn.edu](mailto:odettecc@upenn.edu)

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Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences
Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies, Faculty Director of the Office of Penn First Plus

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Gustave C. Kuemmerle Professor of Africana Studies

[hanchard@sas.upenn.edu](mailto:hanchard@sas.upenn.edu)

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Richard Perry University Professor of Communication and Anthropology
Professor of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania Provost

[jjackson@sas.upenn.edu](mailto:jjackson@sas.upenn.edu)

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Assistant Professor of Africana Studies

[jasjohn@sas.upenn.edu](mailto:jasjohn@sas.upenn.edu)

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Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of History and Africana Studies, On Leave for AY 2024-2025.

[troutt@sas.upenn.edu](mailto:troutt@sas.upenn.edu)

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George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights
Professor of Africana Studies, Director, Program on Race, Science, and Society

[dorothyroberts@law.upenn.edu](mailto:dorothyroberts@law.upenn.edu)

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Vice Provost for the Arts
Martin Meyerson Endowed Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies, Professor of Music and Africana Studies, On leave for AY 2024-2025

[trommen@sas.upenn.edu](mailto:trommen@sas.upenn.edu)

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Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies,
Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations

[tukufu@ssc.upenn.edu](mailto:tukufu@ssc.upenn.edu)