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Program in African American and African Studies

Faculty and Staff

Faculty

	Christine Acham Associate Professor Ph.D., Critical Studies, Cinema-Television acham@ucdavis.edu 2227 Hart Hall Teaching Interests African American Film and Television; Film studies; Television studies; Documentary film; Black popular culture Research Interests Blaxploitation; Black political film; Creating documentary on the film The Spook Who Sat by the Door Curriculum Vitae Website: www.achamward.com
	Wale Adebanwi Assistant Professor Ph.D., Social Anthropology/Political Science anadebanwi@ucdavis.edu 2225 Hart Hall Teaching Interests Africa politics; Ethnicity and Nationalism; Cultural politics; West African social organization; Development in Africa; Religion in Africa; Democratization Research Interests Political and cultural anthropology; Ethnic politics; the Elite; Civil Society and the State; Youth; City, Citizenship and Indigenous people; Transnational migration and remittances; civic service; the African media Curriculum Vitae
	Moradewun Adejunmobi Professor Ph.D., French madejunmobi@ucdavis.edu 2143 Hart Hall Teaching Interests Cultural politics in Africa; Women in Africa; West African Social Organization and development; Literature; Film and performance in Africa Research Interests Multilingualism, translation, and intercultural communication in postcolonial societies; Literacy studies; African literature; African popular film and culture; Francophone studies Curriculum Vitae
	Milmon F. Harrison Program Chair and Associate Professor Ph.D., Sociology mfharrison@ucdavis.edu 2229 Hart Hall Teaching Interests Ethnicity in the U.S.; The Black Christian church; Black social and political thought; Black popular culture Research Interests Sociology of religion; the Black church in America; American race/ethnic relations; Social stratification; Representation of African Americans in popular culture Curriculum Vitae Website: www.drmilmon.com
	Bettina Ng'weno Associate Professor Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology bngweno@ucdavis.edu 2207 Hart Hall Teaching Interests Research methodology; Race and Ethnicity in Latin America; Black intellectuals; Diaspora and new Black identities; African descent communities in the Caribbean and Latin America Research Interests Cultural anthropology; States; Property; Race and ethnicity; Rural societies; Politics; Social justice; Equality; Law; Latin America and Africa Curriculum Vitae
	Halifu Osumare Associate Professor Ph.D., American Studies hosumare@ucdavis.edu 2211 Hart Hall Teaching Interests African American History & Literature, History of African American Dance, African Dance in the Americas, and Hip Hop in Urban America Research Interests Globalization of Hip Hop culture, especially West Africa; black popular culture historically and politically Curriculum Vitae Website: www.halifuosumare.com

Emeritus Faculty

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John O. Stewart

Professor

Ph.D., Anthropology/Literature

Staff

Aklil Bekele

Aklil Bekele

Program Coordinator

(530) 752-1548

ambekele@ucdavis.edu

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John Ortiz-Hutson

Student Affairs Officer

(530) 754-9581

jortizhutson@ucdavis.edu