African Studies
Melissa Graboyes, Program Director
graboyes@uoregon.edu
The African Studies Program encourages teaching and scholarship on sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, and the wider African diaspora. The program is a focal point for students and faculty members with expertise in African studies, encouraging course offerings related to Africa, promoting study abroad programs and internships, raising funds to expand African studies resources, and organizing campus and local community events pertaining to Africa. In addition, the program supports faculty and student research on Africa and facilitates dissemination of research through the lecture series.
Participating Faculty
Michael Allan, comparative literature
Oluwakemi "Kemi" Balogun, women's, gender, and sexuality studies
Doug Blandy, arts and administration
B. Mokaya Bosire, linguistics
Lindsay F. Braun, history
Yvonne A. Braun, women's, gender, and sexuality studies
Alfredo Burlando, economics
André Djiffack, romance languages
Stephen Dueppen, anthropology
Hanan Elsherif, religious studies
Maria Fernanda Escallón, anthropology
Stephen R. Frost, anthropology
Daphne Gallagher, honors college
Dennis C. Galvan, global studies
Ibrahim J. Gassama, law
Melissa Graboyes, history
Rita Honka, dance
Habib Iddrisu, music and dance
Leigh Johnson, geography
Allison McGuffie, cinema studies
Lanie Millar, romance languages
James Muruthi, education
Senyo Ofori-Parku, journalism and communication
Doris L. Payne, linguistics
Kory Russel, landscape architecture
Leslie Steeves, journalism and communication
Nelson Ting, anthropology
Peter A. Walker, geography
Janis C. Weeks, biology
Frances J. White, anthropology
Stephen R. Wooten, global studies