AAAS Faculty


Core Faculty

Nicole Hodges Persley
  • Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
  • Professor of American Studies and African & African American Studies
  • Artistic Director of the KC Melting Pot Theatre

Emeritus Faculty

Bryant C. Freeman
  • Professor Emeritus of African and African American Studies
  • Former Chair Univ. of Kansas Dept. of French and Italian
  • Founder Univ. of Kansas Institute of Haitian Studies

Jacob U. Gordon
  • Professor Emeritus of African and African-American Studies
  • Research Fellow of the Institute of Life Span Studies
  • Executive Director of the Center for Multicultural Leadership