Faculty and Community Leadership
Community Advisory Council
- Mari Mujica, co-chair
- Shameka Parrish-Wright, co-chair
- Carla Wallace, co-chair
Faculty Affiliates
David Ross Anderson
Associate Professor of English
Lluis Baixauli Olmos
Associate Professor of Spanish
Latrica Evette Best
Associate Professor of Sociology
Lisa Danielle Bjorkman
Associate Professor of Urban and Public Affairs
Aishia Ayanna Brown*
Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
Anna T Browne Ribeiro
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Rhonda Lee Buchanan
Professor of Spanish, Director, Latin American and Latino Studies
Nefertiti Burton
Department Chair and Professor of Theater Arts
Ying Kit Chan
Professor of Fine Arts
Karen M. Chandler
Associate Professor of English
Dewey M. Clayton
Professor of Political Science
Amy B Clukey
Associate Professor of English and Honors Advisor
Fannie Mae Cox*
Associate Professor, Outreach and Reference Librarian, University of Louisville Libraries
Cherie Dawson-Edwards
Associate Dean, A&S Diversity, Engagement, Culture & Climate (DECC), Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
Tyler David Fleming
Associate Professor of Pan African Studies
Catherine Fosl
Professor of Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, ABI Founding Director & 2021-22 ABI Faculty Fellow
Lauren Freeman
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Cynthia M Ganote
Assistant Term Professor of Sociology
Melanie Jones Gast
Associate Professor of Sociology, 2021-22 ABI Faculty Fellow
Joy L. Hart
Professor of Communication, Latin American and Latino Studies Steering Committee, University Honors Program Executive Director
Lauren Heberle
Associate Professor of Sociology, Director of the Center for Environmental Policy and Management
Frank P Kelderman
Associate Professor of English
Kelly L Kinahan
Assistant Professor of Urban and Public Affairs, Advisor, Master of Urban Planning Program
Tracy Elaine K'Meyer
Professor of History
Avery Kolers
Professor and Interim Chair, Philosophy Department; Core Faculty Member, Interdisciplinary MA in Health Care Ethics
Lisa B. Markowitz
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Carrie Yvonne Mott
Assistant Professor of Geography and Geosciences
Laura P Moyer
Associate Professor of Political Science, Affiliate Faculty Member of Womens, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Kalasia Shqueen Ojeh
Assistant Professor of Pan African Studies
Andrea R Olinger
Associate Professor, Director of Composition & Director of the Thomas R. Watson Conference in Rhetoric and Composition
Rebecca Pattillo
Assistant Professor & Metadata Librarian, University of Louisville Libraries
Rodger A. Payne
Professor of Political Science
Megan Renee Poole
Assistant Professor of English
Aaron C Rollins Jr.
Associate Professor & Chair of Urban and Public Affairs, Directors of Peace, Justice, and Conflict Transformation and Master of Public Administration Programs
Mary P Sheridan
Professor of English, Director of the Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society
Rachel Jeanne Singel
Associate Professor of Fine Arts
Siobhan Elizabeth Smith Jones
Associate Professor of Communications
Angela Diane Storey
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Kaila A Story
Associate Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies & Pan-African Studies
Karl Frederic Swinehart
Associate Professor of Comparative Humanities
Shelley Thomas*
Associate Professor & Assistant Department Chair of Social Studies Education
Sherri Wallace
Professor of Political Science and Internship Director
Bronwyn T. Williams Professor of English, Director of the University Writing Center