African Diaspora Studies Faculty
Theodore O. Mason Jr.
Professor of English, Director
Areas of Expertise: African-American literature and culture, narrative theory, literary and cultural theory
Contact Information:
Lentz House 106
740-427-5204
masonte@kenyon.edu
Mindelyn Buford
Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation Teaching Fellow in Sociology and African Diaspora Studies
Contact Information:
bufordm@kenyon.edu
Marla H. Kohlman
Professor of Sociology
Contact Information:
Ralston House 201
740-427-5509
kohlmanm@kenyon.edu
Read Marla Kohlman's biography.
Sylvie Coulibaly
Assistant Professor of History
Areas of Expertise: African American intellectual tradition; Immigration, border studies and trans nationalism; and Atlantic history
Contact Information:
Seitz House 07
740-427-5624
coulibalys@kenyon.edu
Read Sylvie Coulibaly's biography.
Ennis B. Edmonds
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Chair
Areas of Expertise: African diaspora religions, religion in America, sociology of religion, and Caribbean society and culture.
Contact Information:
Ascension Hall 312
740-427-5726
edmondse@kenyon.edu
Read Ennis Edmonds' biography.
Jesse E. Matz
Associate Professor of English (Kenyon-Exeter Program 2012-13)
Contact Information:
matzj@kenyon.edu
Hewlet G. McFarlane
Professor of Neuroscience
Areas of Expertise: Neuroscience, autism, schizophrenia/depression
Contact Information:
Samuel Mather 413
740-427-5375
mcfarlaneh@kenyon.edu
Read Hewlet McFarlane's biography.
Glenn M. McNair
Associate Professor of History
Areas of Expertise: Civil rights, slavery and Southern history, criminal justice history, African American political and intellectual culture, dynamics of American identity formation
Contact Information:
O'Connor House 205
740-427-5325
mcnairg@kenyon.edu
Read Glenn McNair's biography.
Peter Rutkoff
Professor of American Studies
Contact Information:
O'Connor House 203
740-427-5317
rutkoff@kenyon.edu
Visit Peter's website.
Read Peter's biography.
Howard L. Sacks
Professor of Sociology
Contact Information:
Treleaven House 201
740-427-5850
sacksh@kenyon.edu
Reginald L. Sanders
Associate Professor of Music
Areas of Expertise: Bach family, opera, art songs
Contact Information:
Storer Hall 022
740-427-5198
sandersr@kenyon.edu
Read Reggie Sanders' biography.
Jené Schoenfeld
Assistant Professor of English (on leave Fall 2012)
Areas of Expertise: African American literature, American literature, mixed race
Contact Information:
Lentz House 202
740-427-5008
schoenfeldj@kenyon.edu
Read Jené Schoenfeld's biography.
William B. Scott
Professor of History
Areas of Expertise: American intellectual, cultural, and Southern history
Contact Information:
Acland House 23
740-427-5640
scott@kenyon.edu
Ric S. Sheffield
Director of Law and Society, Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies (On Leave)
Contact Information:
sheffier@kenyon.edu
Read Ric Sheffield's biography.
David N. Suggs
Professor of Anthropology
Contact Information:
109 Palme House
740-427-5851
suggs@kenyon.edu
Jonathan Tazewell
Thomas S. Turgeon Professor of Drama
Areas of Expertise: Film/Video Production and History, African American Theater
Contact Information:
Shaffer (Hill Theater) 202
740-427-5538
tazewellj@kenyon.edu
Read Jonathan Tazewell's biography.
Stephen Volz
Associate Professor of History, R. Todd Ruppert Professor in International Studies and Director of the International Studies Program
Areas of Expertise: Southern Africa, colonialism, history of religion
Contact Information:
Seitz House 06
740-427-5836
volzs@kenyon.edu