Faculty
African American Studies Faculty

Endia Beal
Visting Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Program in African American Studies

Shanna Greene Benjamin
Professor, Program in African American Studies

Terry Brock
Part Time Assistant Professor and Research Associate, Program in African American Studies; Research Associate, Cultural Heritage and Preservation Program

Claire Crawford
Assistant Professor, Program in African American Studies and Department of Politics and International Affairs

Patrick “9th Wonder” Douthit
Professor of the Practice in Residence, Program in African American Studies

Melanie L. Harris
Professor and Director, Food, Health and Ecological Well-Being Program, School of Divinity
Divinity and Religious Studies Building

Daniel Henry
Assistant Teaching Professor, Program in African American Studies

Alton B. Pollard III
James and Marilyn Dunn Chair in Baptist Studies, School of Divinity and University Professor, Program in African American Studies

Eshe Sherley
Assistant Professor, Program in African American Studies

Corey D. B. Walker
Dean, School of Divinity, Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, Director, Program in African American Studies
Affiliated Faculty

Brittany P. Battle
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

Rian Bowie
Teaching Professor, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation; Fellow, Department of English

Christopher Brown
Associate Professor, Department of English

Hana Brown
Professor and Gale Family Fellow, Department of Sociology

Sherri Lawson Clark
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology; Director, American Ethnic Studies Program

Tivia Collins
Assistant Professor, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Regina Joice Cordy
Associate Professor, Department of Biology

Phillip Cunningham
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
126 Carswell Hall

Crystal Dixon
Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Health and Exercise Science

Dean Franco
Winifred W. Palmer Professor in Literature, Department of English; Director, Wake Forest University Humanities Institute

Nate French
Teaching Professor, Department of Communication; Director, Magnolia Scholars Program

Melissa Harris-Perry
Maya Angelou Presidential Endowed Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs

Simeon Ilesanmi
Wake Forest University Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, Department for the Study of Religions

Vivian Laughlin
Assistant Professor, Department of Classics

Lauren E. L. Lowman
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering

Nina Maria Lucas
Professor and Chair, Department of Theatre & Dance

Judith Madera
Associate Professor, Department of English

Dani Parker Moore
Assistant Professor, Department of Education; Director, Schools, Education, and Society Minor

Guy Emerson Mount
Assistant Professor, Department of History

Ron Neal
Associate Professor, Department for the Study of Religions

Nate Plageman
Associate Professor, Department of History; Coordinator, African Studies Minor

Khaliah Reed
Assistant Professor, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Tribble Hall A122

Ariel Smith
Assistant Teaching Professor, Center for Entrepreneurship

Erica Still
Associate Professor, Department of English; Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment, Diversity, and Inclusion

Ana-Maria González Wahl
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology

Betina Cutaia Wilkinson
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Politics and International Affairs; Director, Race, Inequality and Policy Initiative

Kyana Young
Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering