The Departmental faculty has a notable record of scholarly publications, practical experience in community service and dedicated involvement in the movement for positive social change.     

Simone A. James Alexander (chair)
Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Associate Professor

William W. Sales Jr.
Ph.D., Columbia University
Associate Professor

Affiliated Faculty

• Kwame Aknor (Political Science)
  Ph.D., City University of New York
  Assistant Professor of Political Science
• Larry Greene (History)
  Ph.D., Columbia University
  Professor of History
• Jüergen W.Heinrichs (Art and Music)
  Ph.D., Yale University
  Associate Professor of Art History
• Amadu Jacky Kaba (Public and Healthcare Administration)
  Ph.D., Seton Hall University
  Assistant Professor of Public and Healthcare Administration
• Maxim Matusevich (History)
  Ph.D., University of Illinois
  Assistant Professor of History
• Forrest M. Pritchett
  M.A., New School for Social Research
  Adjunct Professor of Africana and Diaspora Studies

Since its inception the department's faculty has included an internationally respected diplomat and former ambassador from Haiti to the United Nations, Dr. Yves Auguste; an Emmy-award winning television producer and journalist, Gil Noble, award-winning New Jersey educator, Dr. Julia Miller and former member of the board of directors of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, Jeanette Cascone.