Affiliated Faculty
Affiliated faculty are listed alphabetically, noting their geographic areas of Africa experience, teaching and research.
If you are a faculty member at Pitt with interest and are interested in affiliating with African Studies, please complete our online form and attach your current CV for consideration to join our affiliated faculty.
Myriam Abdel-Malek
Instructor II
maa120@pitt.edu
412-512-3767
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Elinam Balimenuku Amevor
Assistant Professor
amevor@pitt.edu
814-362-5064
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Susan Andrade
Associate Professor
sza@pitt.edu
(412) 624-6550
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Martina Anto-Ocrah
Assistant Professor of Medicine
maa509@pitt.edu
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Amani Attia
Teaching Professor
ama66@pitt.edu
412-509-7900
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Dmitriy Babichenko
Clinical Associate Professor
dmb72@pitt.edu
412-260-9194
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Mohammed Bamyeh
Professor
bamyeh@gmail.com
4122655166
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Elena Baylis
Associate Professor
ebaylis@pitt.edu
(412)-867-8690
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Eric Kwadwo O. Beeko
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Africana Studies & Department of Music
erb16@pitt.edu
(412) 648-7548
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Álvaro Bernal-Reyes
Professor
alvaro.bernal@pitt.com
814-269-7154
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Bopaya Bidanda
Ernest Roth Professor
bidanda@pitt.edu
412-414-7000
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Pierre William Blanc
Haitian Creole Instructor
pib14@pitt.edu
352-870-4975
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Carol Mastrangelo Bove
Senior Lecturer
cbove@pitt.edu
(412) 624-6631
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Jerome Branche
Professor of Latin American and Cultural Studies
branche@pitt.edu
(412) 624-5468
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Ronald A. Brand
Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg University Professor, Academic Director, Center for International Legal Education
rbrand@pitt.edu
(412) 648-1307
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Betty Braxter
Assistant Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
bjbst32@pitt.edu
(412) 624-7188
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Robin Brooks
Assistant Professor
rob88@pitt.edu
412-624-3356
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Thuy D. Bui
Associate Professor and Global Health Tract Director
buithuy@pitt.edu
(412) 692-4888
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Gamby Diagne Camara
Visiting Lecturer, Ph.D.
GDC21@pitt.edu
513-218-5609
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Jonathan Chitiyo
Assistant Professor
chitiyoj@pitt.edu
814-362-5153
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Christopher R. Cook
Assistant Professor, Pitt Johnstown Director of International Studies, Pitt Johnstown
ccook@pitt.edu
(814) 269-2977
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Ian Copeland
Post-Doctoral Fellow
iancopeland@pitt.edu
412-624-7775
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Khady Diene
Wolof Instructor
khd20@piit.edu
412-624-5900
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Gerald Douglas
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics
gpd6@pitt.edu
412-648-9323
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Ikenna Ebuenyi
Assistant Professor
ikenna.ebuenyi@pitt.edu
412-624-8805
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Obinna Paschal Ezeihuoma
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
ope1@pitt.edu
814-362-5036
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Abimbola Fapohunda
Instructor
aof3@pitt.edu
412-648-4165
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Steven Finkel
Department Chair and Daniel H. Wallace Professor of Political Science
finkel@pitt.edu
(412) 648-7283
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Muge Finkel
Assistant Professor
mfinkel@pitt.edu
(412) 383-9483
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Jessica FitzPatrick
Assistant Teaching Professor
JLF115@pitt.edu
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Sandra Founds
Associate Professor, Coordinator of the Family Nurse Practitioner Area of Concentration
foundss@pitt.edu
(412) 624-3822
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Shailendra Gajanan
Chair of the Division of Management and Education & Professor of Economics
sng1@pitt.edu
814 362 7628
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Tiffany Gary-Webb
Professor
tgary@pitt.edu
14126243131
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Felix Germain
Associate Professor
ffg4@pitt.edu
412-648-2024
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Laurence Glasco
Associate Professor
lag1@pitt.edu
(412) 648-7486
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Steven Goldstein
Assistant Professor
stg92@pitt.edu
412-624-3112
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Shelome Gooden
Associate Professor and Department Chair
sgooden@pitt.edu
(412)-624-5922
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Astou Fall Gueye
Assistant Professor
asg138@pitt.edu
608-443-8821
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Paul T. Harper
Clinical Assistant Professor
ptharper@katz.pitt.edu
412-559-8988
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Julia Hudson-Richards
Instructor
juh87@pitt.edu
724-561-7348
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Arif Jamal
Liason Librarian
ajamal@pitt.edu
412-648-7759
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Meshesha Make Jobo
Associate Professor: Amharic
MMM352@pitt.edu
412-623-9978
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Toya Jones
Assistant Professor and Director of the BASW Program
toyaj@pitt.edu
412-648-9306
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Lauren Jonkman
Assistant Professor, Coordinator of International Pharmacy Student Experiences
ljf1@pitt.edu
412-648-8563
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Margaret Judd
mjudd@pitt.edu
412-648-7525
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RA Judy
Professor
buchnfar@pitt.edu
412-901-1048
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Julius Kitutu
Associate Professor & Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Alumni Relations
jmm@pitt.edu
(412)-624-6910
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Leonora Anyango Kivuva
Adjunct Faculty
lak31@pitt.edu
412-654-4914
![](https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/sites/default/files/styles/circular-200/public/headshot.jpg?itok=MItVmCY2)
Tuangtip Klinbubpa-Neff
Assistant Professor of English
tneff@pitt.edu
1-814-248-8299
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Dela Kuma
Assistant Professor
DEK151@pitt.edu
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![](https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/sites/default/files/styles/circular-200/public/Macrina_Lelei.jpg?itok=3IWyh67k)
Macrina Chelagat Lelei
Associate Director of African Studies, Adjunct Assistant Professor
macrina@pitt.edu
412-648-2058
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![](https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/sites/default/files/styles/circular-200/public/CAS%20icon%20light%20green.png?itok=CCZa2ZpJ)
Michael Lewin
Senior Lecturer
michael.lewin@pitt.edu
412-648-7630
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Filipo Lubua
African Langugages Coordinator & Swahili Instructor
lubua@pitt.edu
412-624-5512
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![](https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/sites/default/files/styles/circular-200/public/linguistics-personspecific-mauk.jpg?itok=bc1Si7l2)
Claude Mauk
Director of the Less-Commonly-Taught Languages Center
cemauk@pitt.edu
412-874-7811
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![](https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/sites/default/files/styles/circular-200/public/IMG_4499.jpeg?itok=cXCLALQS)
David Miguel Molina
Assistant Teaching Professor
dmmolina@pitt.edu
412-624-6567
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Lanre Morenikeji
Assistant Professor
obm3@pitt.edu
607-269-7339
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Jean Nachega
Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Microbiology, Department of Epidemiology
jbn16@pitt.edu
412-997-7680
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Paul Nelson
Associate Professor
pjnelson@pitt.edu
(412)-648-7645
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Tagbo H.R. Niepa
Assistant professor
tniepa@pittt.edu
412-383-4265
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Solomon Ofori-Acquah
Associate Professor, Hematology/Oncology Division
sfo2@pitt.edu
(412) 648-9231
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![](https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/sites/default/files/styles/circular-200/public/BioDun%20headshot.jpg?itok=B5t9-51C)
BioDun J. Ogundayo
Associate Professor, Director of Africana Studies and Foreign Languages, Pitt Bradford
ogundayo@pitt.edu
814-362-5015
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Adedoyin Ogunfeyimi
Assistant Professor, Communications & The Arts
doyinJSP@pitt.edu
814-362-5061
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![](https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/sites/default/files/styles/circular-200/public/Mary_Ohmer.jpg?itok=B4OaHhnH)
Mary Ohmer
Associate Professor, COSA Chair
mlo51@pitt.edu
412-624-8214
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Jennifer Petrie-Wyman
Assistant Director and Adjunct Faculty
jlp224@pitt.edu
724-272-4852
![](https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/sites/default/files/styles/circular-200/public/537.jpg?itok=jcqq5hZi)
Louis Picard
Public Administration Program Director, Professor
picard@pitt.edu
(412)-624-7918
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Maureen Porter
Faculty, Project Director, Fulbright-Hays on Ethiopia
mporter@pitt.edu
412-648-7041
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Shalini Puri
Professor, Director Literature Program
spuri@pitt.edu
(412)-624-2824
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Liz Reich
Associate Professor
lizreich0@gmail.com
412-624-6506
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![](https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/sites/default/files/styles/circular-200/public/serena_rivera.jpg?itok=P7W96GNH)
Serena Rivera
Visiting Assistant Professor
ser86@pitt.edu
412-624-2703
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![](https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/sites/default/files/styles/circular-200/public/RogePhoto.png?itok=Dr_87sSw)
Pernille Røge
Associate Professor
per20@pitt.edu
412-648-7451
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Taylor Seybolt
Director, Ford Institute for Human Security Associate; Associate Professor
seybolt@pitt.edu
(412) 624-8691
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![](https://www.ucis.pitt.edu/africa/sites/default/files/styles/circular-200/public/longfei.png?itok=PQDNBNIG)
Longfei Shangguan
longfei@pitt.edu
734-846-4133
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Oronde Sharif
Lecturer, Major Advisor, Curriculum Coordinator
senegal1@pitt.edu
(412)-648-2276
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Abdesalam Soudi
Lecturer and Program Advisor
soudia@pitt.edu
412-648-8915
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Steven E. Stern
Professor
sstern@pitt.edu
1-814-269-2901
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John Stoner
Executive Director for Academic Affairs, UCIS; Lecturer
stonerjc@pitt.edu
(412)-648-7485
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Christel Temple
Associate Professor
cnt15@pitt.edu
(412)-648-7556
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Nuno Themudo
Associate Professor
themudo@pitt.edu
(412)-648-7432
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John Walsh
Associate Professor
jpw64@pitt.edu
617-699-3582
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Karin E. Warner
Full Professor
warnerk@pitt.edu
540-621-8418
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Mari Webel
Assistant Professor
mwebel@pitt.edu
(412) 648-7451
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Josef Werne
Department Chair
jwerne@pitt.edu
(412) 624-8775
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Sylvanus Wosu
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Diversity
snn2@pitt.edu
(412)-624-9842
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Fred Yang
Assistant Professor
FRY8@pitt.edu
814-269-2925
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Gabby Yearwood
Teaching Professor
yearwood@pitt.edu
412-648-7500
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