Graduate Faculty

Stephanie Shonekan, Professor and Chair, B.A., University of Jos, Nigeria, 1988; M.A. University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1990; Ph.D., Indiana at Bloomington, 2003.

James E. Smethurst, Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.A., Southern Maine, 1980; M.A., City College of New York, 1988; Ph.D., Harvard, 1996.

John H. Bracey, Jr., Professor, B.A., Roosevelt, 1964.

A Yemisi Jimoh, Professor, B.A., Washington, 1981; M.A.T., 1986; Ph.D., Houston, 1994.

Anne Kerth, Assistant Professor, B.A., Williams College, 2011; M.A. Princeton, 2015; Ph.D., Princeton, 2019.

Agustin Lao-Montes, Associate Professor with Joint Appointment in Sociology, Ph.D., New York at Binghamton, 2003.

Toussaint Losier, Assistant Professor, B.A., Harvard, 2004; M.A., Chicago, 2010; Ph.D., 2013.

Traci L. Parker, Assistant Professor, B.A., Cornell, 2003; A.M., Chicago, 2004; Ph.D., 2013.

Britt Rusert, Associate Professor and Chief Undergraduate Advisor, B.A., Allegheny College, 2003; Ph.D., Duke, 2009.

Amilcar Shabazz, Professor, B.A., Texas at Austin, 1982; M.A., Lamar, 1990; Ph.D., Houston, 1996.

Steven Tracy, Distinguished Professor, B.A., Cincinnati, 1977; M.A., 1980; Ph.D., 1985.