Core Faculty
Ten scholars currently comprise the core faculty for the Bunche Center (ORU) and African American Studies.
Scot Brown (Bunche Center , History)
Sarah Haley (Bunche Center, Gender Studies)
Peter Hudson (Bunche Center, African American Studies)
Uri McMillan (Bunche Center, English, African American Studies)
Harryette Mullen (Bunche Center, English)
Jemima Pierre (Bunche Center, African American Studies)
Courtney S. Thomas (Bunche Center, Department of Community Health Sciences)
Faculty Advisory Committee (2021-2022)
The Faculty Advisory Committee is appointed by the Vice Provost for the Institute of American Cultures to advise the Director on research, programmatic initiatives, and ongoing Bunche Center operations.
E. Tendayi Achiume, Law School
H. Samy Alim, Anthropology, African American Studies
Walter Allen, Education, Sociology, African American Studies
Bryonn Bain, African American Studies, World Arts and Cultures/Dance
Karida Brown, Sociology, African American Studies
Scot Brown, History, African American Studies
Henry Burton, Engineering, Civil & Environmental
Devon Carbado, Law, African American Studies
M. Kamari Clarke, Anthropology
Justin Dunnavant, Archeology (Anthropology)
Ugo Edu, African American Studies
Chandra Ford, Community Health Sciences
Lorrie Frasure, Political Science, African American Studies
Shelleen Greene, Film, Television & Digital Media
Cheryl Harris, Law, African American Studies
Kelly Lytle Hernandez, History, African American Studies, Urban Planning
Helena Hansen, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences
Theodore Hall, Radiological Sciences
Tyrone Howard, Education, African American Studies
Eufemia Jacob, School of Nursing
Tracy Johnson, Molecular, Cell and Development Biology
Robin D. G. Kelley, History, African American Studies
Cheryl Keyes, Ethnomusicology, African American Studies
Michael Lens, Urban Planning and Public Policy
Kyle Mays, African American Studies/American Indian Studies, History
Safiya Noble, Information Studies and African American Studies
Sobukwe Odinga, African American Studies
Ketema Paul, Integrative Biology & Physiology
Jemima Pierre, African American Studies, Anthropology
Gina Poe, Integrative Biology and Physiology
Ellen Scott, Theater, Film & TV
Kia Skrine-Jeffers, School of Nursing
Michael Stoll, Public Policy, Urban Planning
Caroline Streeter, English, African American Studies
Dominic Taylor, Theater, African American Studies
Sherod Thaxton, Law School, African American Studies
Courtney Thomas, Community Health Sciences
Patricia Turner, African American Studies, World Arts and Cultures/Dance
Abel Valenzuela Jr., Cesar Chavez Dept of Chicana and Chicano Studies, Urban Planning
Affiliated Faculty
Many other affiliated faculty members from every corner of the campus participate in teaching, research activities, committee service, and community activities for the Bunche Center.
Abdelmonem A. Afifi, School of Public Health-Biostat
Charles Alexander, AAP Admin/Dentistry
Andrew Apter, History
Carol Archie, Med Center/OBGYN
Kathleen Brown, Clinical Radiology
Kenny Burrell, Ethnomusicology
David M. Carlisle, Medicine
Richard Casey, Jules Stein Eye Institute
Edwin Cooper, Neurobiology, Emeritus
Robert Cooper, Education
Youlanda Copeland-Morgan, Vice Provost, Enrollment Management
Kimberle Crenshaw, Law
Jacqueline DjeDje, Ethnomusicology, Emerita
Charles Flippen, HS Clinical Professor
Yogita Goyal, English
Sandra Graham, Education
Sarah Haley, Gender Studies
Theodore Hall, Radiological Sciences
Edmond Hewlett, Dentistry
Robert A. Hill, History, Emeritus
Darnell Hunt, Dean of Social Sciences
Aurora Jackson, Social Welfare
Josephine Isabel-Jones, Med Center, Emeritus
Arthur Little, English
Vickie Mays, Psychology
Muriel McClendon, History
Claudia Mitchell-Kernan, Anthropology, Emeritus
Harryette Mullen, English
Alfred Osborne, Management
Gary A. Orfield, Education
Vena Ricketts, Med Center
Edward Savage, Med Center/OBGYN
Jenny Sharpe, English
M. Belinda Tucker, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Emeritus)
Jane Valentine, Public Health
Gail Wyatt, Psychiatry