Greg A. Graham, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Associate Professor, African & African-American Studies
Ph.D. Temple University
Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Greg A. Graham, Ph.D.
Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, African & African-American Studies
Ph. D. University of Michigan
Sharri L. Coleman, D.P.M.
Lecturer, African and African-American Studies
D.P.M. Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine
Kalenda Eaton, Ph.D.
Professor, African & African-American Studies
Ph.D. The Ohio State University
Karlos K. Hill, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Regents’ Professor
Ph.D. University of Illinois
Jermaine Thibodeaux, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, African & African American Studies
Ph.D. University of Texas-Austin
Emeritus Faculty
Jeanette R. Davidson, Ph.D., ACSW
Professor Emeritus, African & African-American Studies
Ph.D. University of Texas – Arlington
Staff
Kiesha Banton Johnson
Administrative/Finance Coordinator
Office: Cate Center 2, Room 315
Email: afam@ou.edu
Phone: (405) 325-2327
Adjunct Faculty
Rev. Dr. A. Byron Coleman III
Adjunct Instructor, African and African-American Studies
D.Min - Doctor of Ministry New York Theological Seminary
M.Div. Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Devale J. Long, M.S.W.
Adjunct Instructor, African and African-American Studies
M.S.W University of Oklahoma
Tammara D. Williams-Dias, M.Ed., M.Sc.
Adjunct Instructor, African and African-American Studies
Ph.D. Candidate Educational Psychology
Valeria Milstead-Benabdallah Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor, African and African-American Studies
Ph.D. University of Oklahoma
Affiliate Faculty
Loretta E. Bass (Sociology)
Professor
Ph.D. University of Connecticut
Shannon Bert (Human Relations)
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame
Lewis Eliot (History)
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of South Carolina
Thomas R. Fenn (Anthropology)
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Arizona
thomas.fenn@ou.edu
Honorée Jeffers (English)
Ben G. Keppel (History)
Professor
Ph.D. UCLA
Rita Keresztesi (English)
Professor
Ph.D. University of California
ritak@ou.edu
Carla Pratt (Law)
Professor, Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Chair in Civil Rights, Race and Justice in Law
Bala Saho (History)
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Michigan State
Bsaho1@ou.edu
Sohail Shehada (Fine Arts)
Associate Professor
Master of Fine Art, University of Oklahoma
Kelvin White (Library and Information Studies)
Sr. Assoc. Dean for Faculty Development and Community
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
