Cheryl Sterling, Interim PresidentAssociate Professor of African Studies and EnglishThe Pennsylvania State University
Walter C. Rucker, President-ElectGoodrich C. White Professor of African American Studiesand HistoryEmory University
Sherwin K. Bryant, Vice President-ElectDirector of the Center for African and AfricanAmerican Studies and Associate Professor of HistoryRice University
Dianne M. Stewart, Interim Treasurer
Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Religion andAfrican American StudiesEmory University
Maureen-Maisha Auma, SecretaryProfessor for Childhood and DifferenceMagdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences
James G. Cantres, Communications Officer-ElectAssociate Professor of Africana, Puerto Rican andLatino StudiesHunter College, City University of New York
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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
Harry Nii OdamttenAssociate Professor of HistorySanta Clara University
Claire Oberon Garcia Professor of English Colorado College
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
Chinua ThelwellAssociate Professor of History, Africana Studies, and Asian & PacificIslander American Studies and Director of Africana StudiesWilliam & Mary
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