​Timothy  Parsons

• ​Professor of History and of African and African-American Studies

• Email: tparsons@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4974

Gabriel  Peoples

• Past Postdoctoral Ford Foundation Fellow '22-'23
• Assistant Professor, Gender Studies, Indiana University
  

Kyle  Proehl

• Editorial Assistant, James Baldwin Review

• Email: kylep@wustl.edu

Michelle  Purdy

• Associate Professor of Education
• Affiliated Faculty, African & African-American Studies, Urban Studies, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, & Equity, and History

• Email: mpurdy@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8724

Jessica  Samuel

• Postdoctoral Fellow, AFAS

• Email: jssamuel@wustl.edu

Kelly  Schmidt

• Reparative Public Historian and Lecturer, Special Collections Management Research Associate, WashU & Slavery Project

• Email: kschmidt@wustl.edu

Samuel  Shearer

• Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies

• Email: sshearer@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8740

Monisola Vaughan  Smith

• Postdoctoral Fellow, AFAS

• Email: monisola@wustl.edu

Vetta  Thompson

• E. Desmond Lee Professor of Racial and Ethnic Diversity
• Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

• Email: VTHOMPSON22@WUSTL.EDU
• Phone: 314-935-3432

​Wilmetta  Toliver-Diallo​

• Senior Assistant Dean of Advising, College of Arts & Sciences
• Lecturer in African and African-American Studies
  Director of the Senegal Summer Program
  Coordinator of the Washington University African Film Festival

• Email: toliver-diallo@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7879

Rebecca  Wanzo

• Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• African and African-American Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
  American Culture Studies, Courtesy Affiliation
  English, Courtesy Affiliation
  Film and Media Studies, Courtesy Affiliation

• Email: rwanzo@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5172

Geoff  Ward

• Professor of African and African American Studies
• Director, WashU & Slavery Project,
  Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2)
  
  

• Email: gward@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9884

Gabrielle  Weeden

• Community & Program Coordinator

• Email: weeden@wustl.edu
• Phone: 3149359093

Helina  Woldekiros

• Associate Professor of Archaeology

• Email: hswoldek@wustl.edu

Rafia  Zafar

• Professor Emerita of English and African & African American Studies

• Email: zafar@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-3465