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      • Akinwumi Ogundiran
      • Crystal Eddins
      • Danielle Boaz
      • Debra Smith
      • Dorothy Smith-Ruiz
      • Honore Missihoun
      • Julia Jordan-Zachery
      • Oscar De la Torre Cueva
      • Tanure Ojaide
      • Veronica Robinson
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    • Kailas Venkitasubramanian
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Africana Studies

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Related Academic Interests18th-19th century Caribbeanafrican american familiesafrican american womenafrican diasporaafrican economic developmentafrican experienceafrican literatureAfrican modernitiesafrican politicsafrican writersAfricana philosophyamazonia brazilarchaelogyatlantic historyblack literatureblack peasantscaribbean literaturechronic diseasecivil rightscolonial historycommunicationcomparative race relationscontemporary folklorecultural historycustodial grandmothersdiasporadigital humanitiesenslavementenvironmental historyepic songforeign policygender and women's studieshistorical sociologyhuman rightsincarcerationinternational relationsjusticelanguage and powerlatin americalawmaroonsmaterial culturemediamedia literacymental healthpan africanismpopular culturepostcolonial literaturepostcolonial theoryquilombosracerace and ethnicityrap musicreligionslave rebellionsslave tradesocial movementstransatlantic studieswar refugeesworld literature

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Julia Jordan-Zachery

Africana Studies
Summary

Office: Cedar 31B
Phone: 704-687-5162
Email: jjordanz@uncc.edu

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Crystal Eddins

Africana Studies
Summary

Office: Garinger 135
Phone: 704-687-5163
E-mail: ceddins@uncc.edu

Academic Interests
18th-19th century Caribbean
african diaspora
digital humanities
enslavement
gender and women's studies
historical sociology
maroons
postcolonial theory
race and ethnicity
slave rebellions
slave trade
social movements

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Honore Missihoun

Africana Studies
Summary

Office: 132 Garinger
Phone: 704-687-5172
Email: hmissiho@uncc.edu

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Veronica Robinson

Africana Studies
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Office: Garinger 134
Phone: 704-687-2356
Email: vhilliard@uncc.edu
Academic Interests
african economic development
african experience
african politics
foreign policy
international relations
pan africanism
war refugees

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Dorothy Smith-Ruiz

Africana Studies
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Office: Garinger 130
Phone: 704-687-2367
Email: dsruiz@uncc.edu
Academic Interests
african american families
african american women
chronic disease
custodial grandmothers
incarceration
mental health

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Oscar De la Torre Cueva

Africana Studies
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Office: Garinger 137
Phone: 704-687-5167
Email: odelator@uncc.edu

Africana Studies Department
UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
Academic Interests
amazonia brazil
atlantic history
black peasants
comparative race relations
diaspora
environmental history
latin america
quilombos

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Akinwumi Ogundiran

Africana Studies
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Office: Denny 115A
Phone: 704-687-1280
Email: Ogundiran@uncc.edu
Academic Interests
African modernities
archaelogy
cultural history
diaspora
material culture
transatlantic studies

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Tanure Ojaide

Africana Studies
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Office: Garinger 138
Phone: 704-687-2665
Email: tojaide@uncc.edu
Academic Interests
african literature
african writers
black literature
caribbean literature
diaspora
epic song
postcolonial literature
world literature

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Debra Smith

Africana Studies
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Office: Garinger 129
Phone: 704-687-2366
Email: debrasmi@uncc.edu
Academic Interests
communication
contemporary folklore
language and power
media
media literacy
popular culture
rap music

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Danielle Boaz

Africana Studies
Summary | Full Profile

Office: Garinger 135
Phone: (704) 687-5558
Email: dboaz@uncc.edu

Academic Interests
african diaspora
Africana philosophy
atlantic history
civil rights
colonial history
human rights
justice
law
race
religion
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