African American and African Studies is an interdisciplinary concentration and draws on faculty from various disciplines.

Area of Specialization: Africa; conflict, displacement, and resettlement; material culture studies
PhD: Indiana University

Area of Specialization: 19th-century Orientalist art, The Harriet Tubman Series of Jacob Lawrence
PhD: UCLA

Area of Specialization: Creative writing (fiction), contemporary literature
MFA: University of Virginia

Area of Specialization: Labor, African American studies, globalization
PhD: University of Massachusetts Amherst