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Faculty

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Greg A. Graham, Ph.D.

Department Chair and Associate Professor, African & African-American Studies
Ph.D. Temple University 

gregagraham@ou.edu

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Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, African & African-American Studies
Ph. D. University of Michigan

andrea.benjamin@ou.edu

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Jeanette R. Davidson, Ph.D., ACSW

Professor Emeritus, African & African-American Studies
Ph.D. University of Texas – Arlington

jrdavidson@ou.edu

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Kalenda Eaton, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, African & African-American Studies
Ph.D. The Ohio State University


k.eaton1@ou.edu


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Karlos K. Hill, Ph.D.

 Regents’ Professor

Ph.D. University of Illinois

karlos.hill@ou.edu

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Jermaine Thibodeaux, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, African & African American Studies
Ph.D. University of Texas-Austin 

jthibodeaux@ou.edu

Staff

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Mrs. Nesha Williams

Assistant to the Chair/Office Manager

(405) 325-2327
Nesha.s.williams-1@ou.edu

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Natalie Dickson

Academic Counselor

Ellison Hall, Room 124
ndickson@ou.edu

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Adjunct Faculty

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Byron Coleman, M.Div.

Adjunct Instructor, African and African-American Studies
M.Div. Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary

amos.b.coleman-1@ou.edu

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Sharri L. Coleman, D.P.M.

Adjunct Instructor, African and African-American Studies
D.P.M. Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine

slcoleman@ou.edu

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Melvin Hall, J.D.

Adjunct Instructor, African and African-American Studies
J.D. University of Oklahoma

mhall@riggsabney.com

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Devale J. Long, M.S.W.

Adjunct Instructor, African and African-American Studies
M.S.W University of Oklahoma

djlong7htc@gmail.com

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Tammara D. Williams-Dias, M.Ed., M.Sc.

Adjunct Instructor, African and African-American Studies
Ph.D. Candidate Educational Psychology

twilliamsdias@ou.edu

Affiliate Faculty

Loretta E. Bass (Sociology)

Associate Professor  
Ph.D. University of Connecticut

lbass@ou.edu

Shannon Bert (Human Relations)

Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame

bert@ou.edu 

Meta G, Carstarphen (Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication)

Associate Dean 
Ph.D. Texas Woman's University

mcarstarphen@ou.edu

Lewis Eliot (History)

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of South Carolina

lewis.eliot@ou.edu

Thomas R. Fenn (Anthropology)

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Arizona
thomas.fenn@ou.edu

Honorée Jeffers (English)

Bio

MFA University of Alabama 

hfjeffers@ou.edu

Ben G. Keppel (History)

Professor 
Ph.D. UCLA

bkeppel@ou.edu

Rita Keresztesi (English)

Ph.D. University of California

ritak@ou.edu

Carla Pratt (Law)

Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Chair in Civil Rights, Race and Justice in Law

carla.pratt@ou.edu

Bala Saho (History)

Assistant Professor 
Ph.D. Michigan State

Bsaho1@ou.edu

Sohail Shehada (Fine Arts)

Assistant Professor
Master of Fine Art, University of Oklahoma

Sohail.H.Shehada-2@ou.edu

Kelvin White (Library and Information Studies)

Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

kwhite@ou.edu