Contact us

Department of African American and African Studies

University of California, Davis
2201 Hart Hall
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

Interim Chair:
Bettina Ng'weno, Ph.D.
Phone: (530) 752-1696
Email: bngweno@ucdavis.edu
Can be reached for the following questions -

  • Chair approval requests
  • Departmental questions

Student Affairs Officer:
Katherine Ampaw-Matthei, M.Ed.
Phone: (530) 754-9581
Email: kampaw@ucdavis.edu
Can be reached for the following questions -

  • Anything related to undergraduate student needs
  • Departmental and administrative questions
  • AAS events and programming 

Program Coordinator for AAS, AMS, and GSW:
Abigail Ibarra-Iglesias
Phone: (530) 752-1474
Email: abiibarra@ucdavis.edu
Can be reached for the following questions -

  • TA/AI/Reader hiring
  • Departmental and administrative requests such as
    • Banner course scheduling,
    • Textbook orders,
    • Archived evaluations, etc.

Peer Advisor for 2025-26:
Yasmine Lewis
Email: aas_advising@ucdavis.edu
Contact for drop-in advising!

Student Assistant for 2025-26:
Toussaint Pierre-Vargas
Email: aas_advising@ucdavis.edu
 

 


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