University at Albany

Allen B. Ballard
Professor
Department of History
Department of Africana Studies

Areas of expertise:
African-American history, Civil War history, Soviet history

Campus e-mail:

aballard@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-5407

Eloise Briére
Associate Professor
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Areas of expertise:
Literatures, cultures, and language issues of the Francophone areas of the world, particularly West Africa, the Caribbean (Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe), and North America (Quebec, New England, Louisiana); cinema of Francophone West Africa, Caribbean and Quebec

Campus e-mail:

ebriere@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4103

Helen R. Desfosses
Associate Professor
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy

Areas of expertise:
Politics--local, state, national and international; public policy; campaigns and elections; legislative politics; Africa; Middle East; women and families

Campus e-mail:

h.desfosses@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-5254

Pierre Joris
Professor
Department of English

Areas of expertise:
Contemporary literature, especially poetry and poetics, of the U.S., U.K., Europe, North Africa, and beyond; theory of the avant-garde and diaspora studies; comparative literature and translation studies; North African culture

Campus e-mail:

joris@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4085

Kristi J. McClamroch
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health

Areas of expertise:
Epidemiology; sexually transmitted infections (STI); HIV; sex work; Haiti; Madagascar; the Democratic Republic of Congo

Campus e-mail:

kmcclamroch@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 402-0397

Leonard A. Slade Jr.
Professor
Department of Africana Studies
Adjunct Professor
Department of English

Areas of expertise:
Black literature; black history; black poetry; and 19th century American literature, particularly author Herman Melville

Campus e-mail:

lslade@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4726

Marcia E. Sutherland
Chair, Associate Professor
Department of Africana Studies
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology

Areas of expertise:
Social and psychological development of black children, inclusiveness of education, transracial adoption, HIV/AIDS and people of African descent, enslavement and colonial experiences of people of African descent, black studies, mock jury trials, nonverbal behavior of people of African descent

Campus e-mail:

ms781@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4727

Maurice Thornton
Lecturer
Department of Africana Studies

Areas of expertise:
Affirmative action programs; African and African American history; the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.; black history; the African and African American family

Campus e-mail:

mediarelations@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4730

Associate Professor Oscar Williams, Department of Africana Studies

Oscar Williams
Associate Professor
Department of Africana Studies

Areas of expertise:
African American history and literature; American slavery; black nationalism; black conservatism; slavery in New York

Campus e-mail:

orw@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4593