Professors — Study Abroad Crawler

# Professors

**Source**: https://afam.ucla.edu/people/faculty/
**Parent**: https://afam.ucla.edu/

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| [Shamara Alhassan](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/shamara-wylie-alhassan/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies & Religious Studies | [Walter Allen](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/walter-allen/) Distinguished Professor & Allan Murray Cartter Professor in Higher Education, Sociology & African American Studies | [Bryonn Bain](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/bryonn-bain/) Professor of African American Studies, World Arts and Cultures | Dance, & Law  \*On leave until Spring 2026\* | [Adam Bradley](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/adam-bradley/) Professor of English & African American Studies |
| [Scot Brown](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/scot-brown/) Professor of African American Studies and History & Director of Undergraduate Affairs of African American Studies | [Justin Dunnavant](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/justin-dunnavant/) Assistant Professor of Anthropology & African American Studies | [Ugo Edu](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/ugo-edu/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies & Medical Anthropology | [Lorrie Frasure](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/lorrie-frasure/) Ralph J. Bunche Endowed Chair of Political Science & African American Studies |
| [Yogita Goyal](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/yogita-goyal/) Professor of English & African American Studies | [Cheryl I. Harris](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/cheryl-i-harris/) Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Civil Rights & Civil Liberties and African American Studies | [Kelly Lytle Hernández](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/kelly-lytle-hernandez/) The Thomas E. Lifka Chair of History & African American Studies | [Tyrone C. Howard](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/tyrone-c-howard/) Pritzker Family Endowed Chair of Education to Strengthen Families & African American Studies |
| [Darnell Hunt](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/darnell-hunt/) Professor of Sociology & African American Studies, and Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost | [Marcus Anthony Hunter](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/marcus-anthony-hunter/) Scott Waugh Endowed Chair in the Division of Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology & African American Studies | [Ralina Joseph](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/ralina-joseph/) Professor of African American Studies & Vice Provost of Inclusive Excellence | [Terence Keel](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/terence-keel/) Professor of African American Studies & Institute for Society and Genetics |
| [Cheryl L. Keyes](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/cheryl-l-keyes/) Chair of the Department of African American Studies, Professor of Ethnomusicology & Global Jazz Studies | [Kyle T. Mays](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/kyle-t-mays/) Professor of African American Studies, American Indian Studies, & History and Assoc. Vice Provost of Inclusive Excellence | [Uri McMillan](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/uri-mcmillan/) Associate Professor of English, Sexuality & Gender Studies, and African American Studies | [Alesia Montgomery](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/alesia-montgomery/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies & Institute of the Environment and Sustainability |
| [Safiya Umoja Noble](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/safiya-umoja-noble/) David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair in the Division of Social Sciences & Professor of African American Studies, Gender Studies, & Information Studies | [Sobukwe Odinga](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/sobukwe-odinga/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies & US Foreign Policy | [Keston Perry](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/keston-perry/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Political Economy, & Geography | [Brenda E. Stevenson](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/brenda-e-stevenson/) Distinguished Professor & Nickoll Family Endowed Chair in History & African American Studies |
| [Caroline Streeter](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/caroline-streeter/) Associate Professor of English & African American Studies | [Dominic Taylor](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/dominic-taylor/) Professor of Theater & African American Studies | [Sherod Thaxton](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/sherod-thaxton/) Professor of Law & African American Studies | [Courtney Thomas Tobin](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/courtney-thomas-tobin/) Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences & African American Studies |
| [Jonli Tunstall](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/jonli-tunstall/) Asst. Adjunct Professor of African American Studies, Education & Assoc. Vice Provost of Student Diversity & Dir. of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) | [Patricia A. Turner](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/patricia-a-turner/) Research Professor of African American Studies | [Richard Yarborough](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/richard-yarborough/) Professor Emeritus of English & African American Studies |  |

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| [Shamara Alhassan](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/shamara-wylie-alhassan/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies & Religious Studies | [Walter Allen](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/walter-allen/) Distinguished Professor & Allan Murray Cartter Professor in Higher Education, Sociology & African American Studies | [Bryonn Bain](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/bryonn-bain/) Professor of African American Studies, World Arts and Cultures | Dance, & Law  \*On leave until Spring 2026\* |
| [Adam Bradley](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/adam-bradley/) Professor of English & African American Studies | [Scot Brown](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/scot-brown/) Professor of African American Studies and History & Director of Undergraduate Affairs of African American Studies | [Justin Dunnavant](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/justin-dunnavant/) Assistant Professor of Anthropology & African American Studies |
| [Ugo Edu](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/ugo-edu/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies & Medical Anthropology | [Lorrie Frasure](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/lorrie-frasure/) Ralph J. Bunche Endowed Chair of Political Science & African American Studies | [Yogita Goyal](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/yogita-goyal/) Professor of English & African American Studies |
| [Cheryl I. Harris](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/cheryl-i-harris/) Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Civil Rights & Civil Liberties and African American Studies | [Kelly Lytle Hernández](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/kelly-lytle-hernandez/) The Thomas E. Lifka Chair of History & African American Studies | [Tyrone C. Howard](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/tyrone-c-howard/) Pritzker Family Endowed Chair of Education to Strengthen Families & African American Studies |
| [Darnell Hunt](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/darnell-hunt/) Professor of Sociology & African American Studies, and Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost | [Marcus Anthony Hunter](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/marcus-anthony-hunter/) Scott Waugh Endowed Chair in the Division of Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology & African American Studies | [Ralina Joseph](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/ralina-joseph/) Professor of African American Studies & Vice Provost of Inclusive Excellence |
| [Terence Keel](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/terence-keel/) Professor of African American Studies & Institute for Society and Genetics | [Cheryl L. Keyes](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/cheryl-l-keyes/) Chair of the Department of African American Studies, Professor of Ethnomusicology & Global Jazz Studies | [Kyle T. Mays](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/kyle-t-mays/) Professor of African American Studies, American Indian Studies, & History and Assoc. Vice Provost of Inclusive Excellence |
| [Uri McMillan](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/uri-mcmillan/) Associate Professor of English, Sexuality & Gender Studies, and African American Studies | [Alesia Montgomery](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/alesia-montgomery/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies & Institute of the Environment and Sustainability | [Safiya Umoja Noble](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/safiya-umoja-noble/) David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair in the Division of Social Sciences & Professor of African American Studies, Gender Studies, & Information Studies |
| [Sobukwe Odinga](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/sobukwe-odinga/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies & US Foreign Policy | [Keston Perry](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/keston-perry/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Political Economy, & Geography | [Brenda E. Stevenson](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/brenda-e-stevenson/) Distinguished Professor & Nickoll Family Endowed Chair in History & African American Studies |
| [Caroline Streeter](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/caroline-streeter/) Associate Professor of English & African American Studies | [Dominic Taylor](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/dominic-taylor/) Professor of Theater & African American Studies | [Sherod Thaxton](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/sherod-thaxton/) Professor of Law & African American Studies |
| [Courtney Thomas Tobin](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/courtney-thomas-tobin/) Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences & African American Studies | [Jonli Tunstall](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/jonli-tunstall/) Asst. Adjunct Professor of African American Studies, Education & Assoc. Vice Provost of Student Diversity & Dir. of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) | [Patricia A. Turner](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/patricia-a-turner/) Research Professor of African American Studies |
| [Richard Yarborough](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/richard-yarborough/) Professor Emeritus of English & African American Studies |  |  |

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| [Shamara Alhassan](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/shamara-wylie-alhassan/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies & Religious Studies | [Walter Allen](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/walter-allen/) Distinguished Professor & Allan Murray Cartter Professor in Higher Education, Sociology & African American Studies |
| [Bryonn Bain](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/bryonn-bain/) Professor of African American Studies, World Arts and Cultures | Dance, & Law  \*On leave until Spring 2026\* | [Adam Bradley](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/adam-bradley/) Professor of English & African American Studies |
| [Scot Brown](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/scot-brown/) Professor of African American Studies and History & Director of Undergraduate Affairs of African American Studies | [Justin Dunnavant](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/justin-dunnavant/) Assistant Professor of Anthropology & African American Studies |
| [Ugo Edu](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/ugo-edu/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies & Medical Anthropology | [Lorrie Frasure](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/lorrie-frasure/) Ralph J. Bunche Endowed Chair of Political Science & African American Studies |
| [Yogita Goyal](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/yogita-goyal/) Professor of English & African American Studies | [Cheryl I. Harris](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/cheryl-i-harris/) Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Civil Rights & Civil Liberties and African American Studies |
| [Kelly Lytle Hernández](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/kelly-lytle-hernandez/) The Thomas E. Lifka Chair of History & African American Studies | [Tyrone C. Howard](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/tyrone-c-howard/) Pritzker Family Endowed Chair of Education to Strengthen Families & African American Studies |
| [Darnell Hunt](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/darnell-hunt/) Professor of Sociology & African American Studies, and Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost | [Marcus Anthony Hunter](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/marcus-anthony-hunter/) Scott Waugh Endowed Chair in the Division of Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology & African American Studies |
| [Ralina Joseph](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/ralina-joseph/) Professor of African American Studies & Vice Provost of Inclusive Excellence | [Terence Keel](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/terence-keel/) Professor of African American Studies & Institute for Society and Genetics |
| [Cheryl L. Keyes](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/cheryl-l-keyes/) Chair of the Department of African American Studies, Professor of Ethnomusicology & Global Jazz Studies | [Kyle T. Mays](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/kyle-t-mays/) Professor of African American Studies, American Indian Studies, & History and Assoc. Vice Provost of Inclusive Excellence |
| [Uri McMillan](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/uri-mcmillan/) Associate Professor of English, Sexuality & Gender Studies, and African American Studies | [Alesia Montgomery](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/alesia-montgomery/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies & Institute of the Environment and Sustainability |
| [Safiya Umoja Noble](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/safiya-umoja-noble/) David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair in the Division of Social Sciences & Professor of African American Studies, Gender Studies, & Information Studies | [Sobukwe Odinga](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/sobukwe-odinga/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies & US Foreign Policy |
| [Keston Perry](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/keston-perry/) Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Political Economy, & Geography | [Brenda E. Stevenson](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/brenda-e-stevenson/) Distinguished Professor & Nickoll Family Endowed Chair in History & African American Studies |
| [Caroline Streeter](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/caroline-streeter/) Associate Professor of English & African American Studies | [Dominic Taylor](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/dominic-taylor/) Professor of Theater & African American Studies |
| [Sherod Thaxton](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/sherod-thaxton/) Professor of Law & African American Studies | [Courtney Thomas Tobin](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/courtney-thomas-tobin/) Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences & African American Studies |
| [Jonli Tunstall](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/jonli-tunstall/) Asst. Adjunct Professor of African American Studies, Education & Assoc. Vice Provost of Student Diversity & Dir. of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) | [Patricia A. Turner](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/patricia-a-turner/) Research Professor of African American Studies |
| [Richard Yarborough](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/richard-yarborough/) Professor Emeritus of English & African American Studies |  |

# Lecturers

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| [Marc Bolin](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/marc-bolin/) Lecturer | [Tananarive Due](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/tananarive-due/) Continuing Lecturer of African American Studies | [Katie Singer](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/katie-singer/) Lecturer | [Paul Von Blum](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/paul-von-blum/) Senior Lecturer Emeritus |

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| [Marc Bolin](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/marc-bolin/) Lecturer | [Tananarive Due](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/tananarive-due/) Continuing Lecturer of African American Studies | [Katie Singer](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/katie-singer/) Lecturer |
| [Paul Von Blum](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/paul-von-blum/) Senior Lecturer Emeritus |  |  |

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| [Marc Bolin](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/marc-bolin/) Lecturer | [Tananarive Due](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/tananarive-due/) Continuing Lecturer of African American Studies |
| [Katie Singer](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/katie-singer/) Lecturer | [Paul Von Blum](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/paul-von-blum/) Senior Lecturer Emeritus |

# Postdoctoral Fellows

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| [Stephanie Parks](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/stephanieparks/) Medical Anthropology, Disability, Autism, Health Inequity, Mass Incarceration, & African American Studies |  |  |  |

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| [Stephanie Parks](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/stephanieparks/) Medical Anthropology, Disability, Autism, Health Inequity, Mass Incarceration, & African American Studies |  |  |

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| [Stephanie Parks](https://afam.ucla.edu/person/stephanieparks/) Medical Anthropology, Disability, Autism, Health Inequity, Mass Incarceration, & African American Studies |  |