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
Ph.D., City University of New York
Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Larry Greene
Ph.D., Columbia University
Professor of History
- Jüergen W.Heinrichs
Ph.D., Yale University
Associate Professor of Art History
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Ph.D., Seton Hall University
Assistant Professor
- Maxim Matusevich
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Assistant Professor of History
- Forrest M. Pritchett
M.A., New School for Social Research
Adjunct Professor of Africana 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.
