Faculty & Staff

Administrative Staff

  • Chairperson: Peter Ukpokodu
  • Administrative Associate Sr.: Lisa Brown
  • Administrative Associate: Vacant
  • Student Office Assistants: Nicole Otey and Cheyenne Williams
  • Director, Graduate Studies: Shawn Alexander
  • Director, Undergraduate Studies: Clarence Lang
  • Director, African Languages: Peter Ojiambo
  • Director, Humanities Multicultural Scholars Program: Diane Fourny
  • Director Emeritus, Institute of Haitian Studies: Bryant Freeman
  • Director, Langston Hughes Center: Shawn Alexander
  • Director, Insitute of Haitian Studies: Samira Sayeh


Committee Chairs


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