Africana Studies

Faculty

Interim Director

Z'étoile Imma, Tulane University

Z'étoile Imma

English Department
Program Director, Africana Studies
zimma@tulane.edu
Norman Mayer, Rm 113

*The current interim program director is Z'étoile Imma, while Mia Bagneris is on leave for the 2023-2024 academic year. The position of Africana Studies Program Director rotates among the faculty members affiliated with the Program.

Core Affiliated Faculty

Laura Rosanne Adderley, Department of History Tulane University
History
Mia Bagneris, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts
Associate Professor, Art History, African Diaspora
Courtney Bryan Assistant Professor Newcomb Department of Music Tulane University
Music
Allison Grossman, Tulane University School of Liberal Arts
Political Science
Professor Barbara Hayley Department of Theatre and Dance

Dance

Marva Lewis
Social Work
Adeline M. Masquelier Professor Department of Anthropology Tulane University

Anthropology

Elisabeth McMahon Associate Professor Department of History Tulane University

History

Stacy Overstreet, Africana Studies, Tulane University

Psychology

Assistant Professor Watufani M. Poe
Communication
John (Ray) Proctor Assistant Professor Department of Theatre & Dance Tulane University

Theatre & Dance

Matt Sakakeeny Associate Professor Newcomb Department of Music Tulane University

Music

Selamawit Terrefe, Tulane University
English
Justin Wolfe, Tulane University
History

Joint Faculty

Andrea S. Boyles Department of Sociology & Africana Studies University
Sociology
Michael Cunningham, Africana Studies at Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

Psychology and Linguistics

Jerome Dent, Communication and Africana Studies, Tulane University
Communication
Christopher Dunn, Africana Studies at Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

Spanish & Portuguese

Shennette Garrett-Scott, Tulane University
History
Z'étoile Imma, Africana Studies at Tulane University School of Liberal Arts

English

Nghana Lewis, Tulane University
English
Corey Miles Assistant Professor Sociology
Sociology
Gwen Prowse, Tulane University
Political Science
Sabia McCoy-Torres, Africana Studies at Tulane University School of Liberal Arts
Anthropology

Postdoctoral Scholars

Cory-Alice André-Johnson, Africana Studies at Tulane University
Postdoctoral Scholar