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Degrees Awarded: MA
Application Deadline: March 1
African-American Studies Faculty
GREGORY, Steven, Associate Professor, Ph.D., New School, 1986
Interests: Race and gender studies, urban ethnography, environmental justice, cultural race theory, African-American political activism, political economy and globalization
GRIFFIN, Farah Jasmine, Professor, Ph.D., Yale, 1992
Interests: African-American literature; jazz studies; history and politics
KELLEY, Robin D.G, Professor, Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles), 1987
MANNING, Marable, Professor, Ph.D., Maryland, 1976 Interests: African-American history
MAURRASSE, David, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Northwestern University
Interests: Nonprofit management, community building and social movements
MOORE, Mignon, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Chicago, 1998
Interests: Family; urban sociology; race/ethnic/minority relations
ROBERTS, Samuel, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Princeton, 2001
Interests: African American history
SCOTT, David, Associate Professor, Ph.D., New School, 1989
Interests: Colonialism, postcolonialism, politics, cultural theory; Sri Lanka, Caribbean
VENKATESH, Sudhir A., Associate Professor, Ph.D., Chicago, 1997
Interests: Urban sociology; cultural sociology; criminology/delinquency
Institute for Research in African-American Studies
Columbia University
1200 Amsterdam Avenue
758 Schermerhorn Extension, Mail Code 5512
New York, NY 10027
Telephone: 212.854.7080
Fax: 212.854.7060
Email:
www.columbia.edu/cu/iraas/
Chair/Director: Farah Jasmine Griffin
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