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, Environment and Sustainability Studies Program
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