Walter C. Rucker, President
Goodrich C. White Professor of African American Studiesand HistoryEmory University
Sherwin K. Bryant, Vice PresidentDirector of the Center for African and AfricanAmerican Studies and Associate Professor of HistoryRice University
Frederick Knight, Interim Treasurer
Professor and Department Chair of HistoryHoward University
Maureen-Maisha Auma, SecretaryProfessor for Childhood and DifferenceMagdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences
James G. Cantres, Communications OfficerAssociate Professor of Africana, Puerto Rican andLatino StudiesHunter College, City University of New York
For a list of past officers click here.
Solange AshbyAssistant Professor of EgyptologyUniversity 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 andAssociate Professor of HistoryRice University
Brandon ByrdAssociate Professor of History and African American and Diaspora StudiesVanderbilt University
James G. CantresAssociate Professor of Africana, Puerto Rican and Latino StudiesHunter College, City University of New York
Jualynne Dodson
Emerita Professor of SociologyMichigan State University
Aisha FinchAssociate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality StudiesEmory University
Gissette Forte
Vice President of Finance and Administration and CFO at QueensboroughCommunity College
Ebony JonesAssociate Professor of HistoryNorth Carolina State University
Frederick Knight
Professor and Department Chair of History
Howard University
Desiree McMillionDirector of Undergraduate AffairsUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Harry Nii Odamtten
Associate Professor of HistorySanta Clara University
Claire Oberon GarciaProfessor of EnglishColorado College
Shobana ShankarProfessor of HistorySanta Clara UniversityStony Brook University
Cheryl Sterling
Associate Professor of African Studies and EnglishPennsylvania State University
Dianne M. Stewart
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Religion and African American Studies
Emory University
Quito M. SwanProfessor of History and Africana Studies; Director, Africana Studies ProgramGeorge Washington University
Jason R. Young
Professor of History, Director, Institute for the Humanities; Mary Fair Croushore Professor of the HumanitiesUniversity of Michigan
For a list of past board members click here.
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