Faculty & Staff

Leonard Brown, Ph.D. (Wesleyan University)
Associate Professor of Music and African American Studies
Email: l.brown@neu.edu
Phone: 617-373-4128

Areas of Research: Music of the African Diaspora, African American Music, African Music, Afro-Caribbean Music & Culture, John Coltrane, Jazz, Improvisational Music, Music of Cuba. More >>

Robin M. Chandler, Ph.D. (Northeastern University, 1992)
Associate Professor of African American Studies
www.rmchandler.com
Email: r.chandler@neu.edu
Phone: 617-373-5681

Areas of Research: Globalization, Gender and Development, The Sociology of Science and Technology, Interdisciplinary Theory and Methodology, Micro-enterprise and the Arts, Global Arts Movements. More >>

Robert Hall (Chair), Ph.D. (Florida State University, 1984)
Associate Professor of African American Studies and History
Email: ro.hall@neu.edu
Phone: 617-373-2621

Areas of Research: Food, Nutrition, and Health in the African Diaspora; Atlantic Slave Trade; Comparative Slavery; Civil Rights; Blacks in Higher Education; African American Religion; Abolitionism.

Kwamina Panford, Ph.D. (Northeastern University, 1989) Associate Professor of African American Studies
Email: k.panford@neu.edu
Phone: 617-373-4333

Ares of Research: International/Comparative Development; Petroleum and Development; Human Capital/Labor & Public Policy, the African Union and other International Organizations with special emphasis on United Nations’ Specialized Agencies (the International Labor Organization, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund) in Africa and other Developing Countries, Africa-China political-economy relations and the role of technology in Africa's development. More >>

Gia Barboza, J.D., Ph.D. (summa cum laude, Michigan State University, 2000), Ph.D. (Michigan State University, 2007)
Assistant Professor of African American Studies
Email:g.barboza@neu.edu
Phone: 617-373-4374

Areas of Research:Public Health Policy; Health Disparities; Health as a mediator of educational and criminal justice outcomes; Sexual Violence Prevention; Youth Violence, Bullying and Cyber bullying; Health and the Law

Richard G. Wamai, Ph.D. (University of Helsinki, 2004)
Assistant Professor of African American Studies
Email: r.wamai@neu.edu
Phone: 617-373-4130

Areas of Research: HIV/AIDS, infectious and neglected tropical diseases, and health systems development and policy especially in Africa. More >>

Areas of Research: Racial and Ethnic Relations, Sexualities and Queer Theory, Masculinities, Race and Education

Areas of Research: Comparative Politics, Ethnicity and Nationalism, Latino Poltics. More>>

Bonnie TuSmith, Ph.D. (Washington State University)
Associate Professor
Email: b.tusmith@neu.edu
Phone: 617-373-4552

Areas of Research: Ethnic American literature (African-American, Asian-American, Native American, Latino/a), Comparative American Studies, Women's Studies, Critical Race Theory, Multicultural Literary Theory and Pedagogy

Areas of Research: Jazz, African American Music, Black Music, John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, radio broadcasting