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

Read Ted Mason's biography.

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

Areas of Expertise: African diaspora religions, religion in America, sociology of religion

Contact Information:
Ascension Hall 312
740-427-5726
edmondse@kenyon.edu

Read Ennis Edmonds' biography.

Jesse Matz

Associate Professor of English

Contact Information:
Lentz House 209
740-427-5209
matzj@kenyon.edu

Read Jesse Matz's biography.

Hewlet G. McFarlane

Professor of Psychology

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

Read Howard Sacks' biography.

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

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

Read Will Scott's biography.

Ric S. Sheffield

Director of Law and Society, Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies, Associate Provost

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

Read Dave Suggs' biography.

Jonathan Tazewell

Thomas S. Turgeon Professor of Drama (on leave spring 2012)

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.

Thomas Turgeon

Professor Emeritus of Drama

Areas of Expertise: Theater History, French Comedy, Acting, Directing

Contact Information:
turgeont@kenyon.edu

Read Tom Turgeon's biography.

Stephen Volz

Associate Professor of History (on leave 2011-12)

Areas of Expertise: Southern Africa, colonialism, history of religion

Contact Information:
Seitz House 06
740-427-5836
volzs@kenyon.edu

Read Stephen Volz's biography.