Faculty and Staff
Tyler Fleming
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Associate Professor Education: University of Texas at Austin Research Interests: history of Africa and the African Diaspora, black South African popular cultures (mainly music, sport, literature and theatre) during the twentieth century. Contact Information: |
Ricky L. Jones
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Professor, Pan-African Studies Department, Baldwin-King Scholar-in-Residence, Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute Education: Political Science, University of Kentucky Research Interests: African American Politics and Leadership; Political Theory; African American Nationalism; Violence and Resistance; the African American Male Contact Information: |
Yvonne Jones
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Associate Professor Education: Anthropology, American University, Washington, DC Research Interests: Race and Culture; history and theory; African American Entrepreneurship; African Diaspora in the Caribbean and Latin America; African American cultural traditions Contact Information: |
Shirletta Kinchen
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Director of Undergraduate Studies Education: History, University of Memphis Research Interests: African American history, with particular focus on the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement, and 20th Century US History. Specifically her dissertation, "We want what people generally refer to as Black Power": Youth and Student Activism and the impact of the Black Power Movement in Memphis, Tennessee, 1965-1975 and continuing research examines the impact, influence, and intersection of the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements on youth and student activism in Memphis, Tennessee. Contact Information: |
Mawuena Kossi Logan
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Associate Professor Education: African-American World Studies/English, University of Iowa (IA) Dr. Mawuena Logan received his MA in African American World Studies and Ph.D. in English (with concentration in African and African Diaspora literatures) from the University of Iowa (IA). Prior to joining the Department of Pan-African Studies, University of Louisville, Dr. Logan has taught at Beloit College (WI), Ohio University (OH), the University of Botswana (Botswana), and the University of the West Indies, Mona (Jamaica). Teaching Areas: Postcolonial/African Literature and Theory; African American Literature; Twentieth-Century Literary Theory; Pan-African Literature; Race, Ethnicity, and Identity; Literatures of Africa and the African Diaspora (African, African American, Afro-Caribbean) Research Interests: African/African Diaspora literatures and cultures; Postcolonial literature and theory; Victorian/'Empire' literature; Cosmopolitan identities in Africa and the African Diaspora; Post-Apartheid literature. Contact Information: |
Wendy Martin
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Unit Business Manager Contact Information: |
Michael Brandon McCormack
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Chair and Associate Professor Secondary Appointment: Department of Comparative Humanities (Religious Studies) Education: Vanderbilt University, Graduate Department of Religion Research Interests: intersections of Black Religion and Cultural Studies; contested relationships between the prophetic tradition in black religion, black moral panic, and the cultural productions of the hip-hop generation; African American Religion and Religions of the African Diaspora. Contact Information: |
Shelby Pumphrey
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Assistant Professor Shelby Pumphrey is an interdisciplinary scholar in Africana Studies, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and History. Her research is at the intersections of Africana women's history, mental and spiritual wellness, and reproductive justice. She earned a dual PhD in African American and African Studies (AAAS) and History from Michigan State University. Her current project focuses on the nation's first mental hospital established to care for African American people, Central Lunatic Asylum for the Colored Insane (Petersburg, Virginia). Dr. Pumphrey holds a dual appointment in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville. |
Kaila Story
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Associate Professor, Education: Ph.D. in African American Studies and Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies, Temple University, 2007. Research Interests: Dr. Story’s research examines the intersections of race and sexuality, with special attention to black feminism, black lesbians, and black queer identity. Her recent work La-La’s Fundamental Rupture: True Blood’s Lafayette and the Deconstruction of Normal in the anthology, African Americans on Television: Race-ing for Ratingsexplores the contested persona of the character "Lafayette", and problematizes mediated messaging around Black, Gay, and Male embodiment and identity. Dr. Story’s current work explores the intersections of Black Queer Studies and Pan African Studies; also Feminist theory’s relationship to queer theory. Contact Information: |
W.S. Tkweme
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Assistant Professor, Graduate Director Education: African American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Research Interests: African American History, Music and Culture Contact Information: |