Kia Caldwell, PresidentVice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity, Professor of African and African-American Studies and the Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholar in Scholar in Arts & Sciences Washington University in St Louis
Cheryl Sterling, Vice PresidentAssociate Professor of African Studies and EnglishThe Pennsylvania State University
Ronald C Williams II, Interim TreasurerIndependent Scholar
Maureen-Maisha Auma, Secretary Professor for Childhood and Difference Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences
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Solange Ashby Assistant Professor of Egyptology University of California, Los Angeles
Luciana BritoProfessora de HistóriaUniversidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia - UFRB
Sherwin K. BryantDirector of the Center for African and African American Studies and Associate Professor of History, Rice University
Brandon ByrdAssociate Professor of History and African American and Diaspora Studies Vanderbilt University
James G. Cantres Associate Professor of Africana, Puerto Rican and Latino Studies Hunter College, City University of New York
Oscar De La Torre Associate Professor of Africana and Latin American Studies University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Jualynne Dodson Emerita Professor of Sociology Michigan State University
Aisha FinchAssociate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Emory University
Harry Nii Odamtten Associate Professor of History Santa Clara University
Claire Oberon Garcia Professor of English Colorado College
Dianne M. Stewart Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Religion and African American Studies Emory University
Chinua ThelwellAssociate Professor of History, Africana Studies, and Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies and Director of Africana Studies William & Mary
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