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Africa

 

 
Allen Ballard  

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  

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   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   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.   Leonard A. Slade Jr.
Professor
Department of Africana Studies
Adjunct Professor
Department of English
 
Areas of expertise:
Black literature, black history, black poetry
 
Campus e-mail:  

lslade@.albany.edu

Campus phone:   (518) 442-4726
 
 
Marcia Sutherland  

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   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
 
   
 


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