Department Contacts

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Faculty

Dan Aldridge

  • Chair & Professor of Africana Studies | Professor of History
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Laurian Bowles

  • Associate Professor of Anthropology | Director of Davidson in Ghana
Laurian Bowles

Vanessa Castañeda

  • Assistant Professor of Afro-Latin American Studies

vacastaneda@davidson.edu

704-894-2886

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Vanessa Castañeda

Caroline Fache

  • Assistant Dean for Curricular Innovation | Chair & Professor of French & Francophone Studies
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Brenda Flanagan

  • Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Professor of English
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Randi Gill-Sadler

  • Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and English

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • 20th Century African American Women's Literature
  • 20th Century Afro-Caribbean Women's Literature
  • Black Feminist Theory

ragillsadler@davidson.edu

Chambers 3257

Pronouns: she/her

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Hilary Green

  • James B. Duke Professor of Africana Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • United States History
  • Civil War Memory
  • African American History

higreen@davidson.edu

Chambers 2168

Pronouns: she/her

Professor Hilary Green

Takiyah Harper-Shipman

  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Assistant Professor
Takiyah Harper-Shipman

Gerardo Martí

  • William R. Kenan, Jr. Endowed Professor of Sociology

Marcus Pyle

  • Franco Professor of Humanities | Assistant Professor of Music

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Opera
  • Philosophy of the Voice
  • African American History

mapyle@davidson.edu

Sloan Music Center 105

Pronouns: he/him/his

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Phia Salter

  • Associate Professor of Psychology

phsalter@davidson.edu

704-894-2992

Office: Wall 372

Lab: Wall 170

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Fernanda Villarroel Lamoza

  • Assistant Professor of Africana Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Art of Africa and the Black Atlantic
  • Black Studies
  • Queer Theory

fevillarroellamoza@davidson.edu

704-894-2447

Pronouns: she/they

Chambers 2158

Fernanda Villarroel Lamoza

Alice Wiemers

  • Associate Professor of History
Alice Wiemers

Terrance Wooten

  • Lester D. Coltrane III Assistant Professor of Africana Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

  • Black Queer Theories
  • Black Feminism
  • Black Masculinities
Terrance Wooten

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Staff

Gladys Guido Newport

  • Departmental Coordinator
Gladys Newport

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Faculty Emeritus

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