Africana Studies Faculty and Staff

DePauw is home to some of the leading scholars, artists and strategists in their fields. An impressive 99% of all tenure-track faculty hold a Ph.D. or higher, but it is their unwavering dedication to undergraduate teaching that sets them apart. With an uncommon commitment to exploration, collaboration and innovation, our faculty represent the best of the liberal arts tradition.

Africana Studies Faculty and Staff

Pell-Stuckey, Jamie

Administrative Assistant, Sociology and Anthropolgy, Political Science, Philosophy, and Classical Studies Departments, and Africana Studies and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Programs

(765) 658-6309

Affiliated Faculty and Staff

Castañeda, Angela

Lester Martin Jones Professor of Sociology

(765) 658-4372

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Geis, Deborah

Professor of English and Associate Chair of the English Department

(765) 658-4573

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Gellman, David

Professor of History and Co-Director of the Asher Office of Undergraduate Research

(765) 658-6273

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Goins, Leigh-Anne

Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Director of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and Director of the Africana Studies Program

(765) 658-4759

Good, Timothy

Dean of Academic Programs, Assessment, and Policies and Professor of Communication and Theatre

(765) 658-4486

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James, Leslie

Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of the Religious Studies Department

(765) 658-4887

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Magaya, Aldrin

Assistant Professor of History

(765) 658-4147

Peterson, Clarissa

Professor of Political Science

(765) 658-4807

Stewart, Khadija

Professor of Computer Science, Director of the Science Research Fellows Program, and Co-Director of the Asher Office of Undergraduate Research

(765) 658-5030

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Turner, Aliyah

Instructor of Sociology

Wells, James

Edwin L. Minar Professor of Classical Studies and Coordinator of World Literature

(765) 658-4055

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Wimbley, Karin

Associate Professor of English

(765) 658-6585

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Retired Emeriti Faculty

Dixon-Fyle, Mac

Professor Emeritus of History

McVorran, Marcelle

Professor Emerita of Education Studies

Worthington, David

Associate Professor Emeritus of Communication and Theatre

Africana Studies

Leveraging the resources of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Africana studies major and minor at DePauw are housed in the Department of Africana Studies. This department challenges students to explore issues of race, difference, identity and subject formation and to understand the collective experience of black people in today’s world.

Africana Studies