Overview People Contact PEOPLE   Core Faculty | Visiting Faculty | Faculty & Program Affiliates | Post Docs | Staff | Undergrad & Grad Students   Full Name Job Title Department Email Phone Abdul Alkalimat Professor African American Studies & Research Program and Graduate School of Library and Information Science mcworter@illinois.edu 217.333.7781 Christopher Benson Associate Professor African American Studies & Research Program and Department of Journalism cdbenson@illinois.edu 217.333.7781 Merle Bowen Associate Professor African American Studies & Research Program and Political Science bowen@illinois.edu 217.333.7781 Sundiata Cha-Jua Associate Professor African American Studies & Research Program and History schajua@illinois.edu 217.333.7781 Karen Flynn Assistant Professor African American Studies & Research Program kcflynn@illinois.edu 217.333.7781 Rayvon Fouche Associate Professor African American Studies & Research Program and History rfouche@illinois.edu 217.333.1155 Frances Gateward Assistant Professor African American Studies & Research Program and Cinema Studies gateward@illinois.edu 217.333.7781 Jennifer F. Hamer Interim Head & Associate Professor African American Studies & Research Program jhamer@illinois.edu 217.333.7781 Robin Jarrett Professor African American Studies & Research Program and Human and Community Development rjarrett@illinois.edu 217.333.7781 Sara Clarke Kaplan Assistant Professor African American Studies & Research Program sckaplan@illinois.edu 217.333.7781 Clarence Lang Assistant Professor African American Studies & Research Program and History celang@illinois.edu 217.333.7781 Erik McDuffie Assistant Professor African American Studies & Research Program and Gender and Women's Studies emcduffi@illinois.edu 217.244.9232 Ruby Mendenhall Assistant Professor African American Studies & Research Program and Sociology rubymen@illinois.edu 217.333.1950 Jessica Millward Assistant Professor African American Studies & Research Program and History millward@illinois.edu 217.333.7781 Ray Muhammad Assistant Professor African American Studies & Research Program and Sociology rmuhamma@illinois.edu 217.333.7781 Helen Neville Professor African American Studies & Research Program and Educational Psychology hneville@illinois.edu 217.333.7781 H. Adlai Murdoch Associate Professor African American Studies & Research Program and French hmurdoch@illinois.edu 217.244.2720 Marc Perry Assistant Professor African American Studies & Research Program mdp@illinois.edu 217.333.3616 Brendesha Tynes Assistant Professor African American Studies & Research Program and Educational Psychology tynes@illinois.edu 217.333.7781