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Africana Studies

Faculty

The instructors facilitating Africana Studies courses are mostly comprised of members of the Graduate Faculty. Although the Africana Studies Minor is primarily an undergraduate offering, Africana faculty, in cooperation with American Culture Studies, History, and other disciplines, serve as mentors to masters and doctoral students by chairing examination and dissertation committees. Faculty may also create independent studies based on some aspect of the student's field of study as it relates to African Diaspora. Listed below are the the Africana Studies board members. Students should feel free to contact these members for more information on how the Africana Studies minor can work with any major field of study.

Africana Studies Faculty

Lillian Ashcraft-Eason
Associate Professor, History Department
Director, Africana Studies
Ph.D., The College of William & Mary
Specialization: African American History and Religion & African Women in Colonial America
Office: 15 Williams Hall
Phone: (419) 372-8120
E-mail: lashcra@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Donald Nieman
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Ph.D., Rice University
Specialization: African American Legal History & Civil Rights Movement
Office: 128 Williams Hall
Phone: (419) 372-2030
E-mail: dnieman@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Mary G. Wrighten
Assistant Professor, Reference Librarian
MLS: Wayne State University
Specialization: Multicultural Services Coordinator
William T. Jerome Library
Phone: (419) 372-7897
E-mail: mwright@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Angela M. S. Nelson, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Popular Culture
108 Popular Culture Building
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403-0226
Office: 419-372-2981 or 419-372-7864
Fax: 419-372-2577
E-mail: anelson@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Department Web Site: http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/popc/

Opportune Zongo
Associate Professor, Romance Languages and Women's Studies
Ph.D., University of Claifornia at Santa Cruz
Specialization: Francophone and Anglophone African and Carribean Literatures and Cultures & Women's Studies
Office: 210 Shatzel Hall
Phone: (419) 372-7396
E-mail: ozongo@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Rebecca L. Green
Associate Professor, Non-Western Art and Culture
1010 Fine Arts
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
Office: (419) 372-8514
Fax: (419) 372-2544
E-mail: rlgreen@bgnet.bgsu.edu

*Steven Cornelius
Provost Associate, College of Musical Arts
Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles
Specialization: African and African American Music
Office: Moore Musical Arts Building
Phone: (419) 372-2519
E-mail: scornel@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Jack A. Taylor
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Special Assistant to the Vice President
of Student Affairs for Retention Initiatives
Specialization: Black Identity Development
Office: 440 Saddlemire
Phone: (419) 372-9627
E-mail: jtaylor@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Bruce Edwards
Ph.D., University of Texas
Professor, English and Associates Dean Distance Learning
and International Education
Specialization: East African and Caribbean Literature,
British and African -American Literature
Office: 40 College Park, Phone: (419)372-7302
E-mail: edwards@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Apollos O. Nwauwa
Ph.D., Dalhousie University
Associate Professor, History and Africana Studies
Specialization: African History and Diaspora Studies
Office: 132 Williams Hall, Phone: (419)372-9483
E-mail: nwauwa@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Kefa M. Otiso
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Associate Professor, Geography
Specialization:Urban and Economic Geography
Office: 308A Hanna Hall, Phone: (419)372-9352
E-mail: kmatiso@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Andrew M. Schocket
Ph.D., College of Williams & Mary
Associate Professor, History
Specialization: Early American History
Office: 16 Williams Hall, Phone: (419)372-8197
E-mail: aschock@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Marcus Sherrell
Ph.D., MFA, The University of Memphis
Assistant Professor, Theater
Specialization: Scenic and Lighting Design
Office: 318 South Hall Library, Phone: (419)372-7177
E-mail: mlsherr@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Ruben Viramontez-Anguiano
Assistant Professor
Family & Consumer Sciences
Office: 206 Johnston Hall, Phone: (419)372-2026
E-mail: rubenv@bgsu.edu

John Marshall Ford
Political Science Department
Political Science
Office: (419)372-9539
E-mail: jmford@bgsu.edu

Matthew Donahue
Instructor
Popular Culture
Office: Pop Culture, Phone: (419)372-2981
E-mail: mattdon@bgsu.edu

Ramona Coleman
Instructor
Ethnic Studies
Office: 228 Shatzel Hall, Phone: (419)372-2796
E-mail: ramonac@bgsu.edu

Madeline Duntley
American Culture Studies
Office: 105 East Hall, Phone: (419)372-7012
E-mail: dmadeli@bgsu.edu

Maisha Wester
Assistant Professor
English Department
Office: East Hall, Phone: (419)372-2576
E-mail: maishaw@bgsu.edu

Patrick Hill
Instructor
Ethnic Studies
Office: 228 Shatzel Hall, Phone: (419)372-2796
E-mail: pbhill@bgsu.edu

Khani Begum
Associate Professor
English Department
302 East Hall
(419)372-8143
khani@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Solotchnee Subreenduth
Assistant Professor
Educ/Div Tchng & Learning
529 Education Building
(419)372-7320
ssubree@bgnet.bgsu.edu