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103. Introduction to African, African American, Diaspora Studies

An introduction to the study of Africa and its diaspora, primarily in the Americas, but also Europe. The course takes an interdisciplinary approach to a range of historical, literary, artistic, economic and political questions crucial to the understanding of the experiences of people of African descent.

Matthew Allen

Chair, Ruby Associate Professor of Music

Marcus Allen

Assistant Professor of Political Science

John Bezis-Selfa

Associate Professor of History

Claire Buck

Professor of English

Dolita Cathcart

Assistant Professor of History

Shawn Christian

Assistant Professor of English

Cecile Danehy

Chair, Associate Professor of French

R. Tripp Evans

Associate Professor of Art History
Chair, Art and Art History

Peony Fhagen-Smith

Assistant Professor of Psychology

James Freeman

Associate Professor of Economics

Gerard Huiskamp

Associate Professor of Political Science

Jacqueline M. Jones

Visiting Instructor of AAADS

Donna O. Kerner

Professor of Anthropology

Paula M. Krebs

Professor of English

Kim Miller

Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Art History; Coordinator, Women's Studies

Leah Niederstadt

Assistant Professor of Museum Studies, Art History and Curator of the College's Permanent Collection

Joel C. Relihan

Chair, Professor of Classics

Julie Searles

Director of World Dance, Instructor of Music

Ann Sears

Heuser Professor of Music

Sue Standing

Professor of English, Writer in Residence

Josh Stenger

Associate Professor of Film Studies and English

Jonathan David Walsh

Professor of French, Coordinator of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies

Russell Williams

Associate Professor of Economics