CAAAS Faculty Director

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Reiland Rabaka
Founder & Director, Center for African & African American Studies • Professor of African, African American, and Caribbean Studies, Department of Ethnic Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Director

CAAAS Staff

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La'Keisha Anderson
Associate Director
CAAAS Staff
Alazar Gebremichael
Alazar Gebremichael
Professional Assistant
CAAAS Staff

CAAAS Executive Committee Members

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Danielle Hodge
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI)
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates • CAAAS Executive Committee Members • CAAAS Faculty Fellows
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S.N Nyeck
Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates • CAAAS Executive Committee Members
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Kalonji Nzinga
Assistant Professor, Department of Learning Sciences & Human Development, School of Education
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates • CAAAS Executive Committee Members
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Shawn O'Neal
Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates • CAAAS Executive Committee Members
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Brian Valente-Quinn
Associate Professor, Department of French and Italian, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates • CAAAS Executive Committee Members

CAAAS Faculty Affiliates

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Karen Bailey
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
Marcia Douglas
Marcia Douglas
Professor, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Nabil Echchaibi
Associate Professor, Department of Media Studies • Director of the Center for Media, Religion and Culture, College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI)
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Mara Goldman
Associate Professor, Department of Geography • Director, Environment & Society Program, Institute of Behavioral Science, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Danielle Hodge
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI)
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates • CAAAS Executive Committee Members • CAAAS Faculty Fellows
Lolita Buckner
Lolita Buckner Inniss
Dean and Provost's Professor of Law, CU Law School
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders
Assistant Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Henry Lovejoy
Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
Suzette M Malveaux
Suzette Malveaux
Moses Lasky Professor of Law • Director of the Byron R. White Center for the Study of American Constitutional Law, CU Law School
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Maputo Mensah
Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Dance • Director of West African Highlife Ensemble, College of Music • Director of Logoligi African Dance Ensemble group, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Nathan Alexander Moore
Assistant Professor, Department of Women & Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates • CAAAS Faculty Fellows
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crystal am nelson
Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Art History, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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S.N Nyeck
Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates • CAAAS Executive Committee Members
Dr. Kalonji Nzinga photographed in a library.
Kalonji Nzinga
Assistant Professor, Department of Learning Sciences & Human Development, School of Education
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates • CAAAS Executive Committee Members
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Shawn O'Neal
Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates • CAAAS Executive Committee Members
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Omedi Ochieng
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI)
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Austin C Okigbo
Associate Professor, Department of Musicology, College of Music
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Myles Osborne
Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Michele D. Simpson
Associate Teaching Professor, Philosophy, Arts & Culture Residential Academic Program (RAP), College of Arts and Sciences • Faculty Affiliate & Research Associate, Renée Crown Wellness Institute
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Kristie Soares
Assistant Professor, Department of Women & Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Nii Armah Sowah
Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Dance • Co-Director of Graduate Studies in Dance, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Brian Valente-Quinn
Associate Professor, Department of French and Italian, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates • CAAAS Executive Committee Members
Terrenda White
Terrenda White
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Foundations, Policy & Practice • Interim Associate Dean for Students, School of Education
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates
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Helanius Wilkins
Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre & Dance • Associate Chair and Director of Dance, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates

CAAAS Faculty Fellows

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Danielle Hodge
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI)
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates • CAAAS Executive Committee Members • CAAAS Faculty Fellows
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Nathan Alexander Moore
Assistant Professor, Department of Women & Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
CAAAS Faculty Affiliates • CAAAS Faculty Fellows

CAAAS Doctoral Fellows

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Shamika Klassen
PhD, Department of Information Science, College of Media, Communication and Information (CMI) • 2023 - 2024 CAAAS Alice Cleora Reeves Endowed Dissertation Fellow
CAAAS Doctoral Fellows
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Blessed Ngoe
PhD, Department of Communication, College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI) • 2023 - 2024 CAAAS Dissertation Completion Fellow
CAAAS Doctoral Fellows
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Nandi Pointer
PhD Student, Department of Media Studies, College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI) • 2024 - 2025 CAAAS Alice Cleora Reeves Endowed Dissertation Fellow
CAAAS Graduate Fellows • CAAAS Doctoral Fellows

CAAAS Graduate Fellows

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Trevor Egerton
PhD Student, Department of History, College of Arts & Sciences
CAAAS Graduate Fellows
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Olumide Ojediran
PhD Student, Department of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
CAAAS Graduate Fellows
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Tyreis Hunte
MFA Student, Department of Theatre & Dance, College of Arts & Sciences
CAAAS Graduate Fellows
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Ubochi Igbokwe
PhD Student, Department of Musicology, College of Music
CAAAS Graduate Fellows
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Idowu Odeyemi
PhD Student, Department of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences
CAAAS Graduate Fellows
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Success Osayi
PhD Student, Department of Journalism, College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI)
CAAAS Graduate Fellows
Nandi with a camera
Nandi Pointer
PhD Student, Department of Media Studies, College of Media, Communication and Information (CMCI) • 2024 - 2025 CAAAS Alice Cleora Reeves Endowed Dissertation Fellow
CAAAS Graduate Fellows • CAAAS Doctoral Fellows
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Reya Roussel
J.D. Candidate, University of Colorado Law School
CAAAS Graduate Fellows

CAAAS Alumni

Isaiah Chavous
Isaiah Chavous
Student Co-Founder
CAAAS Alumni
Audrea Fryar
Audrea Fryar
Student Co-Founder
CAAAS Alumni
Karia White
Karia White
Student Co-Founder
CAAAS Alumni
Ruth Woldemichael
Ruth Woldemichael
Student Co-Founder
CAAAS Alumni