AFRICANISTS
Area/Content and Language consultants
As part of the grant, you have access to two faculty/expert consultants: one as an area/content
expert, the other as a language expert. You should use one of each (and please note that the
grant does require a language/linguistics component). Each consultant will be paid $375 for
his/her assistance to you at the end of the grant period. The selection of the faculty member,
however, is entirely up to you, provided s/he is in the U.S. and legally able to earn income here.
To aid in your search, we have created the following list of faculty from neighboring
institutions. None of these individuals has been contacted, nor agreed to participate, unless
specifically noted by italics.
You may, of course, choose a faculty member not on the list, from your institution, from any
institution in the US. You are responsible for contacting the consultant, explaining the grant
process ( an abstract can be found on the Title VIA Grant website for you to send), identifying
your specific needs and ensuring they receive the correct paperwork to fulfill the grant
requirements. You are also responsible for ensuring the consultants are paid by your institution.
Please contact your Advisory Board member or MCGE representative or the Co-Directors of the
Grant for assistance.
PLEASE keep copies of ALL paperwork including copies of the checks issued by your college.
Depending on your needs, there are also a few Africanist librarians on the list.
Consult the website at www.jeffco.edu for any questions.
Three nearby Universities have Centers for African Studies:
University of Illinois – Champaign - UIUC http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu/
University of Kansas – Lawrence - KU http://www2.ku.edu/~afs/
Washington University, St Louis- WUSTL http://artsci.wustl.edu/%7Eafas/
African websites ( a suggestion for places to start your
studies):
www.folklife.si.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/inhea/index.htm
http://www.africanstudies.org/
http://intl-programs.uiowa.edu/academic/asp/index.shtml
http://www.africaresource.com/
Africanists by specialty
An * (asterisk) by the name followed by a language signifies that the area/content faculty
member speaks/has knowledge of that language.
Two ** (asterisks) by the name means the language consultant has additional specific research
interests.
1) AREA/CONTENT SPECIALISTS
Anthropology, Geography Sociology, Psychology
Glenn Adams, Assistant Professor, KU
adamsg@ku.edu
Social Psychology, Ghana
Stanley Ambrose, Associate Professor, UIUC ambrose@uiuc.edu
Prehistory Archaeology and Anthropology
*French, Swahili (East Africa)
Thomas Bassett, Professor, UIUC
bassett@uiuc.edu
Geography of Development, Ecology
*French, Bamana/Jula (West Africa)
Lois C. Beck, Professor, WUSTL
lbeck@artsci.wustl.edu
Political and sociocultural anthropology, tribe-state relations,
Nomadic Pastoralism, Islam, Gender, the Middle East
Chris Brown, Assistant Professor, KU
jcbrown2@ku.edu
African Geography
Sheilah Clarke Ekong
ekong@umsl.edu
West African cultures, gender anthropology
Stephen L. Egbert, Assistant Professor, KU
segbert@ku.edu
Assistant Research Scientist, KS Applied Remote Sensing,
Digital satellite imagery
Johannes J. Feddema, Associate Professor, KU feddema@ku.edu
African water supply
David Frayer, Professor, KU
frayer@ku.edu
Paleo Anthropology
Rebecca Ginsburg, Assistant Professor, UIUC rginsbur@uiuc.edu
Architecture in Africa, City structures, History of World Plantation Landscapes,
Slavery Sites: Preservation, Commemoration and Controversies
Sandra J. Gray, Associate Professor, KU
sjgray@ke.edu
East African pastoralists, African anthropology
Alma Gottlieb, Professor, UIUC
ajgottli@uiuc.edu
West African gender, sexuality and children
*Beng
Majid Hannoum, Assistant Professor, KU
ahannoum@ku.edu
North Africa Arab societies, Islamic political movements
*Arabic
Elisabeth Hildebrand, Research Associate, WUSTL EHildebrand@wustl.edu
Archaeology, early food production, tropical crops, ethnicity
Shirley Hill, Professor, KU
hill@ku.edu
Family, Medical systems, Social inequality
John Janzen, Professor, KU
jjanzen@ku.edu
African anthropology, issues of war and impacts on society
Ezekiel Kalipeni, Associate Professor, UIUC kalipeni@uiuc.edu
African geography, HIV, Population Geography
*Chichewa
Carolyn Lesorogol, Assistant Professor, WUSTL clesorogol@wustl.edu
International social development, social change in Africa
Faranak Miraftab, Assistant Professor, UIUC faranak@uiuc.edu
Urban Planning, Housing and community development, gender issues,
provision of basic urban services, grassroots movements and NGOs, South Africa
Garth Myers, Associate Professor, KU
gmyers@ku.edu
African political and cultural geography,
Environmental geography and urban studies
Mehrangiz Najafizadeh, Associate Professor, KU najafizadeh@ku.edu
Social inequalities in the Third World
Sasha Newell, Visiting Assistant Professor, UIUC newell@uiuc.edu
Urban Africa, witchcraft, migration
*French, Nouchi
Shanti Parikh, Assistant Professor, WUSTL shanti.parikh@wustl.edu
Cultural anthropology, HIV/AIDS, sexuality, popular culture, East Africa
Mahir Saul, Associate Professor, UIUC
m-saul@uiuc.edu
African Film, social organization, Cultural anthropology
Terry Slocum, Associate Professor, KU
Africa, Geography and Data exploration
t-slocum@ku,edu
David Smith, Associate Professor, KU
emerald@ku.edu
Genocide in Rwanda
Art and Music
Carol-Ann Carter, Professor, KU
cacart@ku.edu
West African Textiles
Clarence Henry, Assistant Professor, KU
kasc@ku.edu
Ethnomusicology, Music of Africa and African Diaspora
Gitti Salami, Assistant Professor, KU
gsalami@ku.edu
African Art History, Regional Contemporary African Art
Cynthia Oliver, Assistant Professor, UIUC
coliver@uiuc.edu
African dance
Dana Rush, Assistant Professor, UIUC
danarush@uiuc.edu
Non Western Art History
Thomas Turino, Professor, UIUC
t-turino@uiuc.edu
African and World music
Peter Ukpokodu, Associate Professor, KU ukpokodu@ku.edu
African Theater and Drama, Film
African Traditional Religion and Thought, Nigeria
Biological, Physical Sciences and Healthcare
Andrew Bentley, Collection Manager--Natural History Museum abentley@ku.edu
Ichthyology
Ibulaimu Kakoma, Associate Professor, UIUC kakomai@uiuc.edu
Veterinary pathobiology, tropical infections,
*Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Luganda, Swahili
Andrew Townsend Peterson, Professor, KU
town@ku.edu
Ornithology, species distribution
Thomas K. Pilgram, Instructor, WUSTL pilgramt@mir.wustl.edu
Radiology, location and environment
Mathematical modeling, prehistory of North America and Africa
Theodore Randall, Associate Professor,
randallt@umsl.edu
University of Missouri-St Louis (UMSL)
Public health, African culture
Ken Salo, Assistant Professor, UIUC
kensalo@uiuc.edu
Sustainable fishing, South Africa, International environmental law
*Afrikaans
Brian K Suarez, Professor, WUSTL
bks@wustl.edu
Human genetics, human ecology, primate evolution, Psychiatry
Robert Sussman, WUSTL
rwsussma@artsci.wustl.edu
Medical anthropology, epidemiology
Madagascar, Mauritius
Robert Timm, Associate Professor, KU
btimm@ku.edu
Associate Curator Natural History Museum
Mammalogy
Communications and Literature
Brian Daldroph, Assistant Professor, KU briandal@ku.edu
writer, lived in Senegal
Byron Caminero-Santangelo, Associate Professor, KU bsantang@ku.edu
African Literature
Khalid El-Hassan, African Studies Center Coordinator, KU elhassan@ku.edu
Sudanese literature, North African religions, Islamic business
Alain Fresco, Assistant Professor, UIUC
afresco@uiuc.edu
Literature Contemporaire Negro-Africaine, African Francophone Cinema,
West Africa
Malcolm Gibson, Associate Professor, KU
mgibson@ke.edu
General Manager of The U Daily Kansan
East African media, journalism
Wail Hassan, Assistant Professor, UIUC
whassan@uiuc.edu
Arabic Literature, Non Western Literature
*Arabic, French
Jane Kuntz, Assistant Professor, UIUC
kuntz@uiuc.edu
Francophone literature, the Mahgreb
*French
Beverly Mack, Associate Professor, KU
bmack@ku.edu
African Muslim women’s literature and culture, Islam in West Africa
*Hausa
H. Adlai Murdoch, Associate Professor, UIUC hmurdoch@uiuc.edu
Introduction to Francophone Literature, French Postcolonial Studies
African Diaspora Literature in the Americas
Economics, Business, Philosophy
Richard Akresh, Assistant Professor, UIUC
akresh@uiuc.edu
Development Economics
*French, Moba
Jonathan Allen, Assistant Professor, UIUC
jonallen@uiuc.edu
Ethics, South Africa
*Afrikaans
Elizabeth Asiedu, Associate Professor, KU
asiedu@ku.edu
Foreign direct investment in Africa (mostly South Africa)
Melissa Birch, Associate Professor, KU
mhbirch@ku.edu
Strategic Management; international business
Mohamed el-Hodiri, Professor, KU
elhodiri@ku.edu
Arabic Culture and Economics
* Arabic
Valerie Hoffman, Associate Professor, UIUC vhoffman@uiuc.edu
Islam, Women, Mystics, Muslim culture
*Arabic, Swahili, Farsi
Gilbert Karuga, Assistant Professor, KU
gkaruga@ku.edu
Information and communication, and technologies in developing countries
Jon McGinnis, Associate Professor, UMSL . mcginnis@umsl.edu
Middle Eastern philosophies, Islam
Margaret Rausch, Assistant Professor, KU
mrausch@ku.edu
Islamic Studies, Moroccan women’s religious organizations
Alex Winter-Nelson, Associate Professor, UIUC alexwn@uiuc.edu
Agricultural economics, Food policies
*Swahili
History and Politics
Jean Allman, Professor of History, WUSTL
jallman@artsci.wustl.edu
Gender issues, African history
Dr Allman will present at the August workshop, 2007
Merle Bowen, Associate Professor, UIUC
bowen@uiuc.edu
Pan Africanism, Africa in Global Politics
Donald Crumney, Professor, UIUC
dcrumney@uiuc.edu
History of the Horn of Africa, Nationalism
*Amharic, French, Ge’ez
Kenneth Cuno, Associate Professor, UIUC
kmcuno@uiuc.edu
Middle Eastern Studies, Islamic movements
*Arabic
Margaret Garb, Assistant Professor, WUSTL mgarb@artsci.wustl.edu
African History
James Gibson, Professor, WUSTL
jgibson@wustl.edu
African politics
Jean Germain Gros, Associate Professor, UMSL jg.gros@umsl.edu
African politics, health policies, economic development
* French
Dr Gros knows about the grant and is willing to assist.
Ruth Iyob, Associate Professor, UMSL iyob@umsl.edu
Politics, Horn of Africa
Fiona Marshall, Professor, WUSTL
fmarshal@artsci.wustl.edu
Archaeology in Africa
George Ndege, Associate Professor, Saint Louis University ndegego@slu.edu
African History
Thomas Lewin, Associate Professor, KU
tomlewin@ku.edu
West African History, U.S. multinational corporations
Elizabeth MacGonagle, Assistant Professor, KU macgonag@ku.edu
History/ Comparative history (African/African American)
Oral history and literature
Timothy Parsons, Professor, WUSTL tparsons@wustl.edu
Islam in Africa
Adell Patton, Jr, Associate Professor, UMSL jazz@umsl.edu
African History
Anton Rosenthal, Associate Professor, KU
surreal@ku.edu
African Labor History
Mahir Saul, Associate Professor, UIUC
m-saul@uiuc.edu
Anthropology and Social Organizations, Colonialism
*Turkish, French, Bobo
Phillip A. Schrodt, Professor, KU
schrodt@ku.edu
International conflict in the Middle East and Africa
Emmanuel Uwalaka, Professor, Saint Louis University (SLU) uwalakaen@slu.edu
African Politics
Hayrettin Yucesoy, Assistant Professor, SLU yucesoyh@slu.edu
North Africa History
Other disciplines/interdisciplinary/generalists
Education:
Mickey Imber, Professor, KU
mick@ku.edu
Leadership in Education, African education
Bekisizwe Ndimande, Assistant Professor, UIUC ndimande@uiuc.edu
Curriculum in post apartheid South Africa
*Zulu
Law:
Raj Bhala, Professor and University Chair, KU bhala@ku.edu
International trade law, Islamic law
Patrick Keenan, Assistant Professor, UIUC
pjkeenan@uiuc.edu
AIDS legislation, Trade unions, Human Rights
*French, Kikongo
Daria Roithmayr, Professor, UIUC
roithmay@uiuc.edu
South African human rights
Librarians:
Atoma Batoma, Cataloguer, UIUC
batoma@uiuc.edu
*French, Kabre, Swahili
Muhammad Al Faruque, Associate Professor, UIUC faruque@uiuc.edu
Middle Eastern Studies
*Arabic
Alfred Kagan, Professor, UIUC
akagan@uiuc.edu
Reference Librarian, Bibliography of Africa
Kenneth P. Lohrentz, Africana Studies Librarian, KU Klohrentz@ku.edu
History and Bibliography of sub-Saharan Africa
Women’s Studies
Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka, Associate Professor, KU Omofola@ku.edu
Critical Theory in African Literature, Feminist Issues in Africa,
African and African Diaspora Theatre, Dance
Leslie Brown, Assistant Professor, WUSTL
lbrownb@wustl.edu
Women’s Studies/History
Hannah Britton, Assistant Professor, KU
britton@ku.edu
Role of gender in African Politics
Saadia Malik, Adjunct Professor, Journalism
kasc@ku.edu
Muslim women’s issues/sexuality, Media Representation of Islam, Sudanese women
2) LANGUAGES
One of the main languages of West Africa is French. Many colleges have French departments
including MCCA member colleges. Most universities have Modern Languages or European
languages departments (which include French) with faculty who can be easily found on their
college/university websites.
The main language for North Africa is Arabic which is also spoken in many parts of Saharan and
sub-Saharan Africa as a lingua franca
Arabic
Ibrahim Almaiman, Lecturer, KU
almaiman@ku.edu
Arabic
** Business
Elabbas Benmamoun, Associate Professor, UIUC bokamba@uiuc.edu
Arabic, French
Housni Bennis , Adjunct Lecturer, WUSTL hbennis@wustl.edu
Khalid El-Hassan Mohammed, Program Coordinator elhassan@ku.edu
Sudanese, Egyptian dialects
Abdullah Jaradat, TA/Lecturer, KU
jaradat@ku.edu
Arabic
Naima Boussofara Omar, Assistant Professor, KU nomar@ku.edu
Applied linguistics, Mahgreb Arabic
Barakat Makrami, Lecturer, KU
bhhmm@ku.edu
Wael Zuraiq, Ph.D. student, KU
kasc@ku.edu
Abdul Kareem Said Ramadan , Lecturer, WUSTL asaidram@artsci.wustl.edu
Sabri al Shboul, Lecturer, KU
sabri@ku.edu
Arabic and Linguistics
Younassee Tarbouni, Adjunct Lecturer, WUSTL ytarboun@artsci.wustl.edu
Indigenous African Languages
Ken Akins, Lecturer, KU
kenny@ku.edu
Fante
Maimouna Barro,
French, Fulani, Wolof
barro@uiuc.edu
**Gender studies, History
Presenting at the August workshop, 2007
Eyamba Bokamba, Professor, UIUC
bokamba@uiuc.edu
Dzamba, Lingala, Likila, Swahili, Bambara, Kikongo,
Kinarwanda, Lonkundo, ChiShoma, KiMeru,
Tshiluba, Makua (Central, East and Southern Africa)
French
**Linguistics, language and culture
Alassane Fall, Lecturer, KU
alassane@ku.edu
Wolof
**International Studies
Aminu Ibrahim Gusau, Lecturer, KU
agusau@ku.edu
Hausa
**Business
Jane Irungu, Lecturer, KU
irungu@ku.edu
Kiswahili
Ashford Njogu, Lecturer, KU
anjogu@ku.edu
Kiswahili
Leonce Rushubirwa, Assistant Professor, KU kasc@ku.edu
Kiswahili, Kihaya, Kinyarwanda
African language instruction and technology
Harold Torrence, Assistant Professor, KU
Wolof, Asante, Twi, Swahili
torrence@ku.edu
Lincoln University, Jefferson City
Faculty from Africa
A group of people with personal experience in addition to those listed above:
Ogugua Anunuby, Nigeria
Business
Abdoulaye Bah, Guinea
Sociology
Thomas Omara-Alwala, Uganda
Agriculture